WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) : AVIATION SPEED RECORDS Sunday, October 14th. Speed was the name of the game on this date in the past, with the setting of two milestone aviation records. On this date in 1922, Lieutenant Lester Maitland flew a Curtiss Pursuit plane just over 216 miles an hour — the first to fly faster than 200. Exactly 25 years later, Air Force Major Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound for the first time, reaching 700 miles an hour. Today, the X-1 is one of the premier exhibits at the...
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