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Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager ( / ˈjeɪɡər / YAY-gər, February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. Yeager was raised in Hamlin, West Virginia.
Apr 2, 2014 · A fighter pilot ace during World War II, Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, when he flew the Bell X-1 rocket 700 mph in level flight in October 1947.
Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a major general of the United States Air Force. He was the first person to break the sound barrier. [1] This was accomplished on 14 October 1947 in a Bell X-1 aircraft. Yeager also served in World War II.
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.
Dec 7, 2020 · US Air Force officer and test pilot Chuck Yeager, known as “the fastest man alive,” has died at the age of 97. Yeager broke the sound barrier when he tested the X-1 in October 1947, although...
Dec 8, 2020 · The greatest pilot of the Greatest Generation has passed. Seventy-nine years to the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, famed test pilot, World War II ace, and the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound, Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, died at the age of 97.
Dec 8, 2020 · From his early years as a fighter ace in World War II to the last time he broke the sound barrier in 2012 - at the age of 89 - Chuck Yeager became the most decorated US pilot ever.
Brigadier General Charles “Chuck” Yeager was best known as the first man to break the sound barrier, but during World War II Yeager was a decorated fighter ace.
General Chuck Yeager is one of the greatest aviators that ever lived. For millions of people around the world, General Chuck Yeager is the man who best epitomizes the unique blend of qualities that writer Tom Wolfe captured in the title of his 1979 best seller, The Right Stuff.
Dec 8, 2020 · 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...
