Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters
Jun. 06, 1957 - British Bomber Breaks the sound barrier by mistake. A handley Page Victor four jet- V-Bomber on a test flight more than 40, 000 ft. above Hertfordshire has inadvertently broken the sound barrier, it was disclosed by the company yesterday. The aircraft was in a shallow dive at the time. Photo shows The pilot of the Victor bomber, Flight Lieutenant J.W. Allam (centre) with the two flight observers, Mr. Paul Langston (left) and Mr. Geoffrey Wass (right) who were with him when the bomber exceeded the speed of sound
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