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2. www.smithsonianmag.com · smart-news · rememberingRemember Chuck Yeager by Exploring the Plane He Flew to Break ...

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   Dec 8, 2020 · Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the first test pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound, died on Monday in Los Angeles, his wife Victoria announced on Twitter. He was 97.

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     Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier -- X-1 -- 1947

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5. www.usatoday.com · picture-gallery · newsChuck Yeager, record-breaking Air Force pilot, dies at 97

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   Dec 8, 2020 · In this Tuesday, Oct. 14, 1997, file photo, Chuck Yeager explains it was simply his duty to fly the plane, during a news conference at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., after flying in an...

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6. www.dailynews.com · 2017/10/13 · photos-a-soaringPhotos: A soaring celebration for Chuck Yeager 70 years after ...

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   Oct 13, 2017 · Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier in 1947, poses in front of the rocket-powered Bell X-IE plane that he flew at Edwards Air Force Base on Sept. 4, 1985.

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7. www.historynet.com · bell-x-1-dropping-the-orangeBell X-1: Dropping the Orange Beast That Broke the Sound Barrier

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   Oct 14, 2021 · During the past 70 years, numerous books, articles, documentaries and movies have told the story of how U.S. Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in a Bell X-1 on October 14, 1947. But Yeager was far from alone in his pursuit of that historic milestone.

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8. www.nbcnews.com · news · us-newsChuck Yeager, Air Force officer who broke speed of sound ...

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   Dec 8, 2020 · Oct. 14, 1947, Yeager became the first test pilot to break the sound barrier as he flew the experimental Bell XS-1 (later X-1) rocket plane over Muroc Dry Lake in California.

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9. airandspace.si.edu · breaking-sound-barrier-75thBreaking the Sound Barrier: Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1

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   Oct 13, 2022 · The Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis photographed while on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. (Smithsonian Institution) Seventy-five years ago, U.S. Air Force Captain Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager piloted the Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis to become the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound (Mach 1).

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    Did Chuck Yeager break the sound barrier in a Bell X-1?

    • During the past 70 years, numerous books, articles, documentaries and movies have told the story of how U.S. Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in a Bell X-1 on October 14, 1947. But Yeager was far from alone in his pursuit of that historic milestone.

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    Did Chuck Yeager break the sound barrier?

    • Numerous books, articles, documentaries and movies have told the story of how famed pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. Here’s the story behind the team and aircraft that made that possible The first Bell X-1, serial no. 46-062—the rocket plane that Chuck Yeager piloted past Mach 1—rests on Rogers Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert.

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    Who was Chuck Yeager?

    • We apologize, this video has expired. Chuck Yeager, a former U.S. Air Force officer who became the first pilot to break the speed of sound, died Monday. He was 97. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine called his death "a tremendous loss to our nation."

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    Did Chuck Yeager pilot a Bell X-1?

    • Here’s the story behind the team and aircraft that made that possible The first Bell X-1, serial no. 46-062—the rocket plane that Chuck Yeager piloted past Mach 1—rests on Rogers Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert. (National Air and Space Museum)

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11. www.cbsnews.com · news · chuck-yeager-dies-age-97Chuck Yeager, World War II ace and first pilot to break sound ...

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    Dec 9, 2020 · Breaking the Sound Barrier: An Aviation Turning Point 19 photos. On Oct. 14, 1947, Yeager, then a 24-year-old captain, pushed an orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane past 660 mph to...