Bugün öğrendim ki: Chalmer Goodin adlı bir pilotun aslında ses bariyerini ilk aşan pilot olması amaçlanmıştı, ancak USAF bunu denemek için 150.000 $ (bugün 1,7 milyon) talep ettiğinde Chuck Yeager'ı seçti.

**Chalmers Hubert "Slick" Goodlin** (January 2, 1923 – October 20, 2005)[1] was the second [test pilot](/wiki/Test_pilot "Test pilot") of the [Bell X-1]( /wiki/Bell_X-1 "Bell X-1") supersonic [rocket plane](/wiki/Rocket_plane "Rocket plane"), and the first to operate the craft in powered flight. He was the pilot of the project's second plane, and nearly broke the [sound barrier](/wiki/Sound_barrier "Sound barrier").