KBC 14: In 1947, who became the world’s first pilot to fly a plane faster than the speed of sound?

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KBC 14: The last known living members of which animal species in India are believed to have been shot by the 'Maharaja of Koriya' in 1947?

KBC 14: In 1947, who became the world’s first pilot to fly a plane faster than the speed of sound?

Options:

John Glenn

Chuck Yeager

Jimmy Doolittle

Noel Wien

Answer: Chuck Yeager

General Charles E. Yeager, also known as Chuck Yeager, was the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound on October 14, 1947, aboard the rocket-powered Bell X-1 aircraft that was orange and resembled a 50-caliber machine gun bullet.