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Who was the first person to break the sound barrier?
Many WWII fighter could approach Mach 1 in a dive. I believe after the war a P51 reached 0.85 Mach in a steep dive.
There were several undocumented claims that based on indicated airspeed a few planes ...
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Who was the first person to break the sound barrier?
It is unlikely WWII era aircraft had instruments that measured mach. So any claims to having gone supersonic could not be proven. If you knew how it felt to pass through the mach, you might claim it, ...
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