Chuck Yeager officially broke the sound barrier in the X-1 Aircraft by Bell Aircraft.
10 years ago I bought two First Day Covers of the 50th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight stamp at the post office. After some searching, I found General Yeager’s address (the was no chuckyeager.com website in 1997) and mailed both of them to him with a return postage paid envelope and a letter requesting that he autograph one and keep the other for himself (in the unlikely event he didn’t have one). Two weeks later the return envelope arrived with a form letter telling me where I could buy autographed copies of the first day cover for $100.00. Neither of the first day covers I sent was in the return envelope. I’m sure General Yeager never saw my letter, and I do not blame him. But it still bugs me.