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 3:27 PM EST Chuck Yeager, the ...

After 50 test flights — and some key modifications — that’s exactly what Air Force Pilot Chuck Yeager did on October 14, 1947. He took the X-1 right up to the sound barrier and flew straight ...

Yeager climbed into a Bell X-1 rocket plane and became the first human being to break the sound barrier in level flight. And he did it with two broken ribs. Charles E. (Chuck) Yeager (1923-2020 ...

In 1947, Chuck Yeager was a Captain with the United States Air Force assigned as a test pilot to the X-1 program. On October 14, 1947, he became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.

US test pilot Chuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier, has died aged 97, his wife says. In a tweet, Victoria Yeager wrote: "It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life ...

Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the “right stuff” when in 1947 he became the first ...

Gen. Charles Edwood "Chuck" Yeager, the legendary American test pilot, passed away on December 7, 2020 at age 97, his wife Victoria announced late Monday night. On October 14, 1947, Yeager—a U.S ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Festivities surrounding the late great Chuck Yeager’s famous flight that broke the sound barrier started Friday morning with the rededication of the Chuck Yeager Bridge ...

On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who made history by flying an aircraft faster than the speed of sound.

A segment from a U.S. Air Force film follows a single flight by then-Major Charles Chuck Yeager. Before Yeager and Air Force test pilots Albert Boyd and H.E. Tom Collins put the MiG-15 through its ...

It was updated by David Slotnick in March 2020 and Talia Lakritz in October 2024. As soon as Chuck Yeager crossed the sound barrier in 1947, commercial aviation companies began planning to take ...

Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, has died. He was 97. "It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET," his ...