What was the first civilian aircraft to successfully break the sound barrier in controlled flight?

the concorde at mach 2.5 it was the fastest comercial airliner in the world ;D

701151 wrote on Aug 13^th, 2011 at 2:58am:

What was the first civilian aircraft to successfully break the sound barrier in controlled flight?

Starting off easy I see... How about this... Who is responsible for the DC-3? and which Airline was the launch customer?

dmb201 wrote on Aug 13^th, 2011 at 3:37am:

the concorde at mach 2.5 it was the fastest comercial airliner in the world ;D

Incorrect

701151 wrote on Aug 13^th, 2011 at 3:51am:

dmb201 wrote on Aug 13th, 2011 at 3:37am: the concorde at mach 2.5 it was the fastest comercial airliner in the world ;D Incorrect

I stand corrected....not as easy as I though....interesting....

ok fine the first to fly past mach 1 was the tu144 but it was never sucsesful so alot of people dont count it the first to fly commercial passengers past mach 1 was the concorde. the tu 144 never did a commercial run

dmb201 wrote on Aug 13^th, 2011 at 9:13pm:

ok fine the first to fly past mach 1 was the tu144 but it was never sucsesful so alot of people dont count it the first to fly commercial passengers past mach 1 was the concorde. the tu 144 never did a commercial run

The Tupolev did 55 passenger flights.

Still, INCORRECT

A DC-8  :o :o :o :o :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

dmb201 wrote on Aug 13^th, 2011 at 11:29pm:

A DC-8  :o :o :o :o :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

Getting desperate? Haha at least you're trying  ;D

Correct, a Douglas DC-8 operated by Douglas aircraft was controlled into a shallow dive and broke the sound barrier in either 1961 or 1962. It was later delivered to Air Canada, with no problems in its service.

I suppose you have heard of the German pilot who claimed to have broken the sound barrier in a Messerschmitt 262?

German...claims...the Dc-8 was confirmed. Plus the Dc-8 was civilian and an Me-262 was military.

701151 wrote on Aug 14^th, 2011 at 1:41am:

Correct, a Douglas DC-8 operated by Douglas aircraft was controlled into a shallow dive and broke the sound barrier in either 1961 or 1962. It was later delivered to Air Canada, with no problems in its service.

Wow...I keep getting surprised with these!

701151 wrote on Aug 14^th, 2011 at 2:03am:

German...claims...the Dc-8 was confirmed. Plus the Dc-8 was civilian and an Me-262 was military.

Yeah, and many say that the Me262's airframe could not survive transonic speeds.

For which aircraft was the world's first fully climate controlled building made and used for?

701151 wrote on Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:36pm:

For which aircraft was the world's first fully climate controlled building made and used for?

I know it's not the 747, because they don't have air conditioning or heating in the plant. When they first built it they had their own weather patterns in there!

The 747 is incorrect, yes