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Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (/ ˈ j eɪ ɡ ər / 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.
The World War II fighter pilot ace, who became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, has died. Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97 Skip to main content
U.S. fighter pilot Charles "Chuck" Yeager has passed away at 97. Yeager served in World War Two and in 1947, became the first person to break the sound barrier. After retiring from the military in ...
Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (born February 13, 1923) is a retired Brigadier-General in the United States Air Force and a noted test pilot. In 1947, he, at age 24, became the first pilot to travel faster than sound in level flight and ascent. His career began in World War II as a private in the U.S. Army Air Forces.
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2020 - United States Air Force Test pilot Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to ever break the sound barrier, dies at age 97 in Los Angeles, California. 2012 – A missile fired by an American unmanned aerial vehicle strikes a house near Mir Ali in North Waziristan , Pakistan , killing senior al-Qaeda leader Sheik Khalid Bin Abdel Rehman Al ...
The aircraft was an ode to Chuck Yeager, a long-time Grass Valley resident and World War II fighter pilot known for being the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947.
By mid-1986, Voyager was ready for the flight. Yeager flew as co-pilot on the 216-hour flight and set a world absolute distance record. This was the first time a woman had been listed in an absolute category. [citation needed] Dick Rutan and Voyager sued Yeager in 1995, alleging that she had misappropriated memorabilia and funds from Voyager.