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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Douglas Martin / The Bulletin
July 3, 2011
The day the legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager shattered the sound barrier in 1947, Robert Widmer marched into his boss’s office at the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. in Fort Worth, Texas, to say he wanted to design the world’s first supersonic bomber. He was told to stick to the contracts....
