>> that's the airplane that was flown by chuck yager. he's a former pilot. he becomes a test pilots in desert california which was becoming their force space. the partnership, the air force and the national advisory committee. and the aircraft and the whole premise of that. october 14, 1947, yager bought 714 miles which is mock one in this aircraft. he breaks the sound barrier. >> so let me go back to my question to you. >> what are your questions and what are the unknown and what answers are you looking for? >> aviation is an interesting topic. a lot of way, we docked 100 years. many people said well, the story has ben told and mature technology and nowhere else you can go with that. what's fascinating to me is what are the next steps. how are you watching the first -- are they going to lead

so chalk yager, first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. scott crossfield is the pilot who flew for north american. we know him best through looking at the f16. but in the early '50s it's chuck yeager and scott crossfield duelling on these mach one, mach two planes. so they're competitors. and that's one of the interesting and dynamic things about pilots, especially in the 1950s. they're hyper competitive. they want to see who is the best and really outdo each other. they're a great example of that. >> if people are interested in studying aviation history, obviously you have done your research, where are some of the leading institutions in this country? >> in a lot of ways you can go to a focused program like auburn had or you could go to any first rate graduate school. and you can study history and as part of your theme, you can put aviation into the story. so we've had through your fellowship program we've had students from yale, princeton, the other ivy league schools. so you can tailor your history program at the graduate level to fit w

october 14, 1947, yager bought 714 miles which is mock one in this aircraft. he breaks the sound barrier. >> so let me go back to my question to you. >> what are your questions and what are the unknown and what answers are you looking for? >> aviation is an interesting topic. a lot of way, we docked 100 years. many people said well, the story has ben told and mature technology and nowhere else you can go with that. what's fascinating to me is what are the next steps. how are you watching the first -- are they going to lead aircraft that actually enabling for you to fly to new york and take you for half an hour. wu hao are we going to track those? are we seeing those technologies being formulated or are we aware of them? >> that's a big question for me. >> what about private millionai millionai millionai millionai millionai millionai millionai millionai millionai millionaire entrepreneurials. >> the robinson race point. >> these idea or for private funding. always part of that idea and push thag envelope technology. >> a few more minutes. >> john is next. >> he