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Chuck Yeager
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American World War II flying ace and test pilot; first pilot to fly faster than sound (1923–2020)
Chuck Yeager was an American pilot who became famous for breaking the sound barrier in 1947, becoming the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. He was also a decorated World War II fighter pilot and spent much of his career as a test pilot, making him an important figure in aviation history.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1923
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Yeger
- Press On!
- Yeager
- The X-planes
- The quest for mach one
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Film & TV
Acting · Myra, West Virginia, USA
Retired Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (February 13, 1923 - December 7, 2020) was a former United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot. In 1947, he became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. Yeager shot down at least 11 enemy aircraft, mostly flying a P-51 Mustang, on the Western Front during WWII. After…
Known for
- The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff' — Self2003
- Air & Space Smithsonian: Dreams of Flight - Higher Faster Farther — Self1995
- Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary — Self1986
- Spaceflight1985
- The Right Stuff — Fred1983
- This Is Your Life — Self1983
- Smokey and the Bandit II — Party Guest1980
- CBS News Sunday Morning — Self (archive footage)1979
- Goodyear Television Playhouse1951
- Breaking the Sound Barrier — Self1947
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6
- Total plays
- 18
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Does corporate social responsibility affect the cost of capital?
· 2011 · cited 2,920x
- HiGlass: web-based visual exploration and analysis of genome interaction maps
· 2018 · cited 2,318x
- Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome
· 2010 · cited 2,140x
- Integrated Genomic Characterization of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
· 2017 · cited 1,728x
- Mindsets That Promote Resilience: When Students Believe That Personal Characteristics Can Be Developed
· 2012 · cited 1,646x
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Quotes
- “I felt like all my buddies were still in this squadron, those who hadn’t been shot down, and I just felt I hadn’t done my job. I’d been taught to do my job, and that’s the reason when I went back I felt good about it. And I said, “Hell, if I come home as a flight officer, with one airplane, I’ll be a flight officer the rest of my life.””
- “Hey, man, get a job you like and you’ll probably be quite good at it. And make your lifestyle fit your income. Don’t try to make your income fit your lifestyle. It’s that simple. Guys who like their job, they’re very good at it. I don’t care what it is.”
- “I recall, we had—all of the guys, though, that got to be aces over there, you can pretty well pick the guys out. They were guys that weren’t cocky or conceited. They just had a job to do, and they trained themselves the best they could to the job right. And I think you can pretty well pick the guys out. They’reall—they like to have fun. They’re not a bunch of pessimists or optimists, either one. They’re pretty average people when you start looking at the cross-section of all aces we have.”
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Encyclopedic overview
Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (/ˈjeɪɡər/ 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.
Yeager was raised in Hamlin, West Virginia. His career began in World War II as a private in the United States Army, assigned to the Army Air Forces in 1941. After serving as an aircraft mechanic, in September 1942, he entered enlisted pilot training and upon graduation was promoted to the rank of flight officer (the World War II Army Air Force version of the Army's warrant officer), later achieving most of his aerial victories as a P-51 Mustang fighter pilot on the Western Front, where he was credited with shooting down 11.5 enemy aircraft. The half credit is from a second pilot assisting him in a single shootdown. On October 12, 1944, he attained "ace in a day" status, shooting down five enemy aircraft in one mission.
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