The first animal to be ejected from a supersonic jet with a parachute was a bear.

The first animal to be ejected from a supersonic jet with a parachute was a bear.

Thirty-five thousand feet above Edwards Air Force Base, a California bear named Yogi became the first living animal ejected from an aircraft flying at supersonic speeds. When Yogi was launched into aviation history, the B-58 bomber was traveling at 870 miles per hour, faster than the speed of sound.

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