The film documents the historic flight of the X1 aircraft, piloted by Captain Chuck Yeager, on October 14, 1947, when he ...

The Northrop X-4 Bantam had a tendency to pitch nose-down at high speeds—generally not a desirable condition for a plane.

Being a test pilot isn’t always the healthiest business in the world. [In the 1950s, test pilots were being killed at the ...