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Chuck Yeager: An Aviation Legend

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Chuck Yeager: An Aviation Legend

A look at the extraordinary life and achievements of General Chuck Yeager.

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Yeager flew the experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1, becoming the first pilot to break the sound barrier.
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Yeager in front of the Bell X-1, which he named Glamorous Glennis after his wife.
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Yeager in the cockpit of the Bell X-1 supersonic research aircraft.
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For the Bell X-1’s historic supersonic flight, the National Aeronautics Association awarded its 1948 Collier Trophy to the three main participants of the program — Captain Yeager for piloting the flights, Larry Bell for Bell Aircraft and John Stack for the contributions of the NACA.
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Yeager’s P-51D-20NA, Glamorous Glen III, is the aircraft in which he achieved most of his aerial victories during World War II.
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Chuck Yeager became the first commandant of the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School in 1962.
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Chuck Yeager in the cockpit of an NF-104. (U.S. Air Force photo)


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