Break the sound barrier

Who was the first person to break the sound barrier ?

谁第一个突破了声垒？

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner became the first man to break the sound barrier in a record-shattering , death-defying freefall jump Sunday from the edge of space .

奥地利著名极限运动员菲利克斯-鲍姆加特纳上周日在数万米的太空边缘挑战极限跳伞成功，创造了以超音速飞行的世界纪录。

In 1997 at Black Rock Desert , Nevada , he drove Thrust SSC to become the first person to break the sound barrier in a car and set the existing land-speed record of 763mph .

1997年在内华达州黑岩沙漠，他驾驶“推进”号超音速车成为突破汽车音障的第一人，并创下目前时速763英里的地面速度记录。

Starting with the invention of the bicycle , going on to sports cars , cars with jet engines , rocket-powered cars , attempts to break the sound barrier , and rocket-engine airplanes .

从发明自行车开始，一直到赛车，喷气发动机汽车，火箭动力汽车，尝试突破声障和火箭动力飞机。

On Oct. 14 , 1947 Air Force test pilot Charles E. Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier when he flew the experimental Bell X-1 rocket plane over Edwards Air Force Base in California .

1947年10月14日，空军试飞员查尔斯·伊格尔驾驶试验机贝尔X-1喷气式飞机飞过加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地，成为第一个打破音障的飞行员。

In addition to Felix , pilots have ejected at supersonic speeds and lived to tell about it . To break the sound barrier , you 'll need to drop the steak from about 50 kilometers . But this still isn 't enough to cook it .

因为除了菲利克斯，许多曾在超音速状态下弹射的飞行员都活了下来，并讲述了他们自己的故事。要想突破音障，你需要让牛排从50千米的高度落下来，但这仍然不足以把它烤熟。