The remarkable flying career of Charles ‘Chuck’ Yeager - the first pilot to break the sound barrier and fly at supersonic ...
Chuck Yeager, the legendary pilot and retired Air Force brigadier general who broke the sound barrier in 1947, has died By Jared Keller Updated on Dec 8, 2020 Chuck Yeager, the legendary pilot and ...
On October 14, 1947, US Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager flew a Bell X-1 experimental plane at Mach 1 some 40,000 feet over the Mojave Desert, becoming the first human to travel faster than the speed ...
Before Yeager and Air Force test pilots Albert Boyd and H.E. Tom Collins put the MiG-15 through its paces, technicians inspected it for signs of sabotage and determined it was safe.
Chuck Yeager, the famous pilot broke the sound barrier, also was a hero in the second World War. Flying his P-51 Mustang, Glamorous Glenn, he downed an astounding five German Bf-109s in a single ...