Thanks to Craig Meddings, we can listen to the historic recording whenever we like :) Here it is again... https://soundcloud/retroradio-1/3gl-breaking-the-sound-barrier --- "Rocketing through the skies at a belting 1042 kmh, or 340 metres a second, is one of Geelong’s little-known aviation stunts that’s gone into the record books as an Australian first. August 11, 1953 — 60 years ago this month – saw Sabre pilot Bill Scott push his jet into a dive high above Avalon Airport that breached that speed for the first time in Australia. The sonic boom he created by breaking the speed of sound, a distinctive thud, was relayed live to thousands of Geelong listeners on radio 3GL."
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:38:19 +0000
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