THE U.S. AIR FORCE'S ROCKET-DRIVEN AIRCRAFT, XS-1, which, it is reported, has many times flown faster than the speed of sound, which varies from 736 miles an hour at sea level to 660 miles an hour at 40,000 feet, depending on the variations of temperature. The supersonic flights were made at the Muroc Air Base in California.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14713, 3 July 1948, Page 3
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57THE U.S. AIR FORCE'S ROCKET-DRIVEN AIRCRAFT, XS-1, which, it is reported, has many times flown faster than the speed of sound, which varies from 736 miles an hour at sea level to 660 miles an hour at 40,000 feet, depending on the variations of temperature. The supersonic flights were made at the Muroc Air Base in California. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14713, 3 July 1948, Page 3
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