Edwards AFB, California: Sound Barrier Cracked Here Statue
In the high desert in Sound Barrier Park, "Right Stuff" test pilot Chuck Yeager is saluted with a larger-than-life bronze statue remembering when his aircraft surpassed Mach 1, the speed of sound.
- Address:
- 225 N. Rosamond Blvd., Edwards AFB, CA
- Directions:
- Hwy 14 exit 55 (or Hwy 58 exit 186) and drive east (or south) on Rosamond Blvd. onto the base - Current or ex-military ID required. Yeager statue and Sound Barrier monument on right, at corner of Rosamond and Muroc/Yeager Drive. Look for the trees and grass.
- Hours:
- Only accessible with military ID or sponsor. Local health policies may affect hours and access.
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Look closely for the Chuck Yeager statue and marker under the trees or you'll miss it.
[BackroadsBuck, 06/05/2016]Brigadier General Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the pilot who first broke the sound barrier back in 1947, was honored on August 31 with a slightly-larger-than-life-size bronze statue of himself. The statue stands in "Sound Barrier Park," a small patch of grass and trees on the corner of Yeager and Rosamond Blvds, at Edwards Air Force Base in California....
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