edwards air force base directions Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/edwards-air-force-base-directions Fri, 26 May 2017 18:26:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Edwards California Map http://travelsfinders.com/edwards-california-map.html http://travelsfinders.com/edwards-california-map.html#respond Fri, 26 May 2017 18:25:34 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=240408 Edwards Air Force Base drips history. It was here that Chuck Yea ger first broke the sound barrier in October 1947 (an achievemenl that was kept classified for several months), followed by a series ol speed and altitude records set in experimental aircraft ranging from the X-2 to the X-15. The first aircraft to reach 100,000, 200,000, and 300,000 feet altitude all flew out of Edwards. The exploits of its early test pilots were immortalized in the book and film The Right Stuff. II was later the site of the first Space Shuttle landings. And it’s still home to a

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