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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.
Jeana Lee Yeager (born May 18, 1952) is an American aviator. She co-piloted, along with Dick Rutan , the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Rutan Voyager aircraft from December 14 to 23, 1986. [ 3 ]
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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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. ISBN 0-374-25033-2. Yeager, Chuck, Bob Cardenas, Bob Hoover, Jack Russell and James Young. The Quest for Mach One: A First-Person Account of Breaking the Sound Barrier. New York: Penguin Studio, 1997. ISBN 0-670-87460-4. Yeager, Chuck and Leo Janos. Yeager: An Autobiography. New York: Bantam, 1986.
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Sad news concerning Chuck Yeager's health but it should probably be added to the entry. According to an article in the Charleston Gazette-Mail newspaper, Judge Kimberly J. Mueller, of California’s Eastern District, declared on Nov. 5, 2015 that retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager is incompetent to represent himself in a lawsuit.