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   May 20, 2024 · Chuck Yeager, American test pilot and U.S. Air Force officer who was the first man to exceed the speed of sound in flight. He also established a world speed record of 1,650 miles (2,660 km) per hour. Yeager retired from the air force with the rank of brigadier general in 1975.

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3. www.msn.com › en-us › travelChuck Yeager: Remembering the Man Who First Shattered ... - MSN

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   4 days ago · On October 14, 1947, a man, a plane, and a mission collided with the annals of history to produce the world's first sonic boom. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, a United States Air Force Captain and ...

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   May 19, 2024 · Anderson shot down 16 German planes in World War II, flew bombing missions in Vietnam and served as a test pilot alongside Chuck Yeager. By Nicholas Slayton | Published May 19, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

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6. www.aopa.org › news-and-media › all-newsTriple Ace Bud Anderson dies at 102 - AOPA

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   May 22, 2024 · Clarence Emil "Bud" Anderson, a renowned World War II fighter pilot credited with 16 kills over Europe, died at home in Auburn, California, on May 17. He was the last surviving triple ace of the war and counted Chuck Yeager and R.A. “Bob” Hoover among his friends during a military flying career that spanned four decades.

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   May 21, 2024 · 21 May 2024. 0 Comments. Chuck Yeager was not the sort of person to concede piloting skills to anyone else ... normally. But when he introduced his war buddy Bud Anderson to engineer Jack Ridley, he described Anderson as being the only fighter jock ever to have whipped him in a dogfight.

8. www.yahoo.com › news › dick-rutan-set-aviationDick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies ...

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   May 5, 2024 · Rutan, a decorated Vietnam War pilot, who along with copilot Yeager completed one of the greatest milestones in aviation history: the first round-the-world flight with no stops or refueling, died...

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   Who is Chuck Yeager?

   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Chuck Yeager (born February 13, 1923, Myra, West Virginia, U.S.—died December 7, 2020, Los Angeles, California) was an American test pilot and U.S. Air Force officer who was the first man to exceed the speed of sound in flight.

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   Why did Rutan and Yeager get a Presidential Citizenship Medal?

   • They arrived back to a hero's welcome as thousands gathered to witness the landing. Both Rutan brothers and Yeager were awarded a Presidential Citizenship Medal by President Ronald Reagan, who described how a local official in Thailand at first “refused to believe some cockamamie story" about a plane flying around the world on a single tank of gas.

   Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies at 85

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   Why did Captain Yeager have two broken ribs?

   • Just two days before his supersonic flight, Yeager sustained two broken ribs in a horseback riding accident. Concealing his injury from superiors for fear his flight would be grounded, he had them taped by a civilian doctor, utilizing a piece of broomstick to close his cockpit hatch—a testament to his unyielding resolve.

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    5 days ago · Hamlin, West Virginia, United States--Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) a United States Air Force officer, flew the experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1 at an altitude of 45,000 ft (13,700 m), on October 14, 1947, setting the world record for being the World's first person to break the sound barrier ...