On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who ...

On this date in 1947, West Virginia native Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the very first time in human history.

This week Long Island’s Republic Aviation Corp. proudly announced the results of the flight: its XF-91, powered by a General Electric J47 turbojet and a Reaction Motors rocket engine, had become the ...

The daredevil community is mourning a star. Felix Baumgartner, who became the first person to break the sound barrier with only his body, died in Italy after his paraglider crashed in the coastal ...

Felix Baumgartner died Thursday in a paragliding crash in Porto Sant’Elpidio, Italy, according to the local mayor. Baumgartner made history in 2012 by jumping from 24 miles above Earth and breaking ...