Word: chuckly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seconds to drop time, Cardenas told Chuck to start his recording instruments. ("He always remembers," says...
Cardenas, "but I'm supposed to tell him.") Another short silence. Then Cardenas counted the last ten seconds: "Ten-nine-eight-seven-six-five ["He always misses one of them," says Chuck] three-two-one-drop...
...Piece. Silently and smoothly the X-1 cut away from the B29. For an instant it drove forward and downward. Then Chuck turned on the nitrogen pressure and fired the lox and alcohol in one of the rocket chambers. A spurt of white dots (visible shock waves) spurted out behind and grew into a long plumelike "contrail" (condensed water vapor...
...sudden acceleration hit Chuck Yeager like a sledge hammer and the X-1 climbed high at tremendous speed. ("It's like having hold of something by the tail and not daring let go.") At carefully timed intervals he fired the other rockets. Each gave the little orange airplane another mighty push. Chuck didn't hear much noise; he was leaving sound behind...
...tightly guarded secret. But when he looked at his instruments after a few moments, he realized that he was flying actually faster than sound. The terrible sonic wall lay far behind. The X-1 had not disintegrated. It still flew beautifully ("a pilot's dream") and Chuck was still in one piece...