Faster Than Sound Nova : Season 24 Episode 13
TV-PG PBS 1h 00m
Aired: October 21st, 1997 @ 9:00 PM EST on PBS
On the 50th anniversary of the first supersonic flight, Chuck Yeager relives his gutsy assault on the sound barrier and tells how it was done. Other top test pilots of the day—those who survived—describe the dangers, mysteries, and thrill of trying to fly faster than sound at the dawn of the jet age.
