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Charles Elwood Yeager, detto Chuck (Myra, 13 febbraio 1923 – Oroville, 7 dicembre 2020) è stato un aviatore statunitense, maggior generale della United States Air Force e famoso pilota collaudatore.
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.
Major General Charles Elwood « Chuck » Yeager, born in 1923. He was the first man to break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, flying the experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1 at an altitude of 45,000 ft (13,700 m). © Olivier Blaise
7 dic 2020 · Chuck Yeager, the most famous test pilot of his generation, who was the first to break the sound barrier and, thanks to Tom Wolfe, came to personify the death-defying aviator who possessed the...
8 dic 2020 · Nel 1947, a bordo del jet sperimentale Bell X-1, fu il primo uomo a volare più veloce del suono. Charles Elwood Yeager si è spento a 97 anni, dopo una vita avventurosa tra record e imprese ...
20 mag 2024 · Chuck Yeager, American test pilot and U.S. Air Force officer who was the first man to exceed the speed of sound in flight. He also established a world speed record of 1,650 miles (2,660 km) per hour. Yeager retired from the air force with the rank of brigadier general in 1975.
2 apr 2014 · A fighter pilot ace during World War II, Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, when he flew the Bell X-1 rocket 700 mph in level flight in October 1947.
