Flashback gallery — Dec. 21, 1953
These images appeared in the Dec. 21, 1953, edition of the Lewiston Tribune.
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FASTEST MAN — Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager tells plane maker Lawrence Bell his sensations as he flew the Bell X1A tocket propelled ship more than 1,600 miles an hour for a new unofficial world record. Yeager held a news conference at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. to tell of the feat. He holds a model of the plane. (AP Wirephoto.)
