McDonnell Douglas F-15D Eagle (signed) Airline and Commercial many C-47s remained in USAF

many C-47s remained in USAF service

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and almost certainly as well known to travelers all over the world as to aviation enthusiasts

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McDonnell Douglas F-15D Eagle (signed) Airline and Commercial many C-47s remained in USAFOn October 14, 1947, General (then Captain) Charles E. "Chuck" Yearger became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. At 10: 30 AM on that fall morning, Chuck piloted a Bell X 1 rocket plane to a speed of Mach 1. 06 or 700 mph @ 43,000 feet above the high desert of California. On the 50th anniversary of this event, Chuck commemorated it by flying the F 15D, Glamorous Glennis through the sound barrier at the exact time and place. This