Home›Supersonic and Experimental Aircraft›Body Style›Aircraft (no road body style)Browse ByAircraft (no road body style)FactsAircraft (no road body style)SourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1947 1Aircraft (no road body style)Filter Results66 entriesVehicle TypeAllCrewed Spacecraft (1)Experimental Jet Research Aircraft (12)Fixed-Wing Aircraft (21)High-Speed Military Prototypes and Reconnaissance Aircraft (8)Rocket-Powered and Hypersonic Research Aircraft (1)Spacecraft (1)Supersonic Airliners (1)Vertical Takeoff and Landing Research Aircraft (19)ManufacturerAllAvro (4)Bell Aircraft Corporation (4)Bell Textron (4)Convair (5)de Havilland Aircraft Company (1)Dornier Flugzeugwerke (4)Douglas Aircraft Company (1)Fairey Aviation Company (1)Grumman (3)Heinkel (1)Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (1)Hughes Helicopters (1)Lockheed Corporation (6)McDonnell Douglas (2)Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (1)Northrop (7)Rockwell International (2)Rolls-Royce Limited (2)Short Brothers (1)Sukhoi (1)The Boeing Company (12)MakeAllAvro (4)Bell Aircraft Corporation (3)Bell Helicopter (5)Boeing (12)Canadair (1)Convair (5)de Havilland (1)Dornier (4)Douglas Aircraft Company (1)Fairey (1)Grumman (3)Honda (1)Hughes Helicopters (1)Lockheed Corporation (6)McDonnell Douglas (2)Mitsubishi (1)Northrop Corporation (7)Rockwell International (2)Rolls-Royce (2)Short Brothers (1)Sukhoi (1)Yakovlev (1)YearAll1939 (1)1940 (1)1942 (1)1943 (1)1946 (2)1947 (2)1948 (1)1949 (1)1950 (1)1951 (1)1952 (1)1953 (3)1954 (1)1955 (2)1956 (1)1957 (1)1958 (1)1959 (2)1962 (2)1963 (4)1964 (1)1965 (1)1966 (1)1967 (1)1972 (1)1977 (3)1979 (1)1982 (1)1996 (1)1997 (2)1999 (1)2000 (1)2002 (1)2003 (1)2007 (1)2011 (1)2012 (1)2016 (1)2017 (1)Country of OriginAllCanada (2)Germany (5)Japan (2)Russia (1)Soviet Union (1)United Kingdom (7)United States (41)PropulsionAllHydrogen (1)Jet (3)Piston engine (2)Rocket (1)Engine ClassAllJet (41)Piston (5)Ramjet (1)Rocket (4)Turboprop (1)Turboshaft (3)StatusAllAbandoned (1)Cancelled (13)Design only (never built) (7)Destroyed (4)In service (1)One-off concept (2)Out of production (1)Scrapped (1)Surviving (20)Upcoming (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 16McDonnell Douglas X-36Aircraft (no road body style)Mitsubishi X-2 ShinshinAircraft (no road body style)Northrop N-102 FangAircraft (no road body style)Northrop N-1MAircraft (no road body style)Northrop T-38 TalonAircraft (no road body style)Northrop Tacit BlueAircraft (no road body style)Northrop X-21Aircraft (no road body style)Northrop XP-56 Black BulletAircraft (no road body style)Northrop YB-49Aircraft (no road body style)Rockwell HiMATAircraft (no road body style)Rockwell XFV-12Aircraft (no road body style)Rolls-Royce Mustang Mk.XAircraft (no road body style)Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring RigAircraft (no road body style)Short SC.1Aircraft (no road body style)Sukhoi Su-47Aircraft (no road body style)Yakovlev Yak-36Aircraft (no road body style)Showing 51 to 66 of 66, page 2 of 2.← Previous12Sources1. Wikipedia: Sound barriertier 2WikipediaSound barrier, lead section, Yeager 1947 sentenceQuote, Sound barrier, lead section, Yeager 1947 sentenceIn 1947, American test pilot Chuck Yeager demonstrated that safe flight at the speed of sound was achievable in purpose-designed aircraft, thereby breaking the barrier.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.