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  2. Bell X-1 - Wikipedia

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    The X-1 aircraft #46-062, nicknamed Glamorous Glennis and flown by Chuck Yeager, was the first piloted airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the X-planes, a series of American experimental rocket planes (and non-rocket planes) designed for testing new technologies.

  3. Chuck Yeager - Wikipedia

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    The games include Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer, Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer 2.0, and Chuck Yeager's Air Combat. The game manuals feature quotes and anecdotes from Yeager and were well received by players. Missions feature several of Yeager's accomplishments and let players challenge his records.

  4. List of X-1A flights - Wikipedia

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    First X1-A powered flight. False fire alarm. X-1A #4: March 26, 1953 ... Chuck Yeager 48-1384 USAF 4 2.44 15,250 Encountered severe instability above mach 2.3 ...

  5. U.S. Fighter Pilot Chuck Yeager Passes Away At 97 - AOL

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    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 ...

  6. List of X-1 flights - Wikipedia

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    Chuck Yeager 46-062 USAF glide 2 ? ? Glide flight. XS-1 #40: August 8, 1947 Chuck Yeager 46-062 USAF glide 3 ? ? Glide flight. XS-1 #41: August 29, 1947 Chuck Yeager 46-062 USAF powered 1 0.85 ? First USAF powered flight. XS-1 #42: September 4, 1947 Chuck Yeager 46-062 USAF 2 0.89 ? Telemetry failure. Flight had to be repeated. XS-1 #43 ...

  7. Jack Ridley (pilot) - Wikipedia

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    As Yeager later explained: [2] "I trusted Jack with my life. He was the only person on earth who could have kept me from flying the X-1. As committed as I was to the program, and with all that was riding on these flights, if Jack had said, 'Chuck, if you fly in that thing, you're not gonna make it,' that would have been it for yours truly." [2]

  8. Portal:Aviation/Selected biography/9 - Wikipedia

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    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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