John Ridgefield, pioneer airman and visionary, manufactures jet planes designed to fly faster than sound. But his daughter, believing that human life is more important than human progress, …

The Sound Barrier is a 1952 British aviation drama film directed by David Lean. It is a fictional story about attempts by aircraft designers and test pilots to break the sound barrier. It was …

2015年6月7日 · The film includes interviews with WWII pilots who had experienced the loss of control when approaching the sound barrier, and looks at the history of the work that was done …

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight. Tony, a successful World War II fighter pilot, marries into the family of a wealthy oil magnate who also …

The far-seeing aviation manufacturer is driven toward a significant breakthrough, envisioning a plane that can fly faster than the speed of sound. During the war, his daughter, WAAF officer …

David Lean delivers a profoundly humanist story about the development of high speed aircraft.

But a visit to Farnborough Air Display and meeting test pilots fired his imagination. The result, about the troubled relationship between an aircraft manufacturer, his daughter and her test …

A World War II pilot marries into the family of aviation designer John Ridgefield, who will stop at nothing in his pursuit to break the sound barrier. Watch trailers & learn more.

3 天之前 · An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 …

3 天之前 · An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 …