Talk:George Welch (pilot)
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1.) Sonic Boom = Mach_1: there were copious witnesses to Welch(YP-86) sonic booms; 2.) barometric pressure daily (24/7) recording tape proof(>=theodolite) 1 Oct.1947 @USAF-Muroc(EAFB) Yeager later flew as chase plane pilot for Welch in F-100-A tests. Re: Blackburn book, 1999; their conversation/ dialogue. Welch had/repeated a #1/First type Modus Operendi (M.O.): His home state DElaware 7 December 1787 (was First Statehood same as Pearl Harbor attacked) went Mach_1 F100-A on maiden flight