The first man to break the sound barrier was Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager.
第一个突破音障的人是伊格尔。
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier right here and the first space shuttles were built and landed here.
查克·耶格尔就是在这里突破音障的,第一艘航天飞机也是在这里建造和降落的。
Married 72 years, Norma, 90, and Gordon Yeager, 94, died in the hospital holding hands last week, one hour apart.
结婚72年,90岁的诺尔玛和94岁的戈登·伊格尔,上周的时候在医院里互相握着对方的手,在一小时内相继去世。
Married 72 years, Norma, 90, and Gordon Yeager, 94, passed away in the hospital holding hands last week, one hour apart.
90岁的诺尔玛和94岁的戈登结婚72年,于日前携手在医院病床上先后离世。
Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in his rocket-powered X-1 in 1947, so it's staggering to think that just 23 years later, we stood poised to take our leisure travel supersonic as well.
1947年,查克·耶格尔用火箭动力的X - 1第一次突破了音障,让我们吃惊的是,仅仅23年后,我们在休闲旅行中已经可以享受超音速飞行。