Hitting a speed of about 800 miles per hour, Chuck Yeager broke this barrier in October 1947
... 807.2 mph) peak speed; however, 
Yeager and... [DOC] [TLE] NOVA | Transcripts | Faster Than Sound | PBS [PAR] PBS Airdate: October 14, 1997 ... CHUCK YEAGER: It took the rest of the world 
five years to find out how we flew above the speed of sound.