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The sound barrier was first broken on Oct. 14, 1947, according to the U.S. Air Force. That's when Capt. Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 rocket-propelled aircraft broke the sound barrier.

That's when Capt. Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 rocket-propelled aircraft broke the sound barrier. Reuters contributed reporting to this story.

The supersonic corridor mentioned here is the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor, the same portion of airspace which was used by “Chuck” Yeager and the X-1 in 1947 to go supersonic for the first time.