Question

read the question carefully and select the best answer. which of the following selections best describes chuck yeager’s role in the x - 1 flight? a. yeager was one of the “computers” working to break the sound barrier. b. yeager was a team leader of engineers moved from the langley laboratories to the mojave desert. c. yeager piloted the x - 1, the plane that broke the sound barrier. d. yeager did not participate in the x - 1 flight.

Explanation:

Chuck Yeager was the pilot of the Bell X-1, the aircraft that first broke the sound barrier in 1947. Option A is incorrect because the "computers" were female mathematicians on the project, not Yeager. Option B is incorrect as he was not an engineering team leader. Option D is false because he was the main participant in the historic flight.

Answer:

C. Yeager piloted the X-1, the plane that broke the sound barrier.