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RIP Chuck Yeager
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 3:51 am
by silverscreenselect
Air Force pilot who was the first man to break the sound barrier and whose exploits were popularized in Tom Wolfe's book, The Right Stuff, and the subsequent movie, in which he was played by Sam Shepard. Yeager shot down 13 German planes during World War II, then broke speed records multiple times while flying the X-1 jet.
Age 97.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/us/chuck ... index.html
Re: RIP Chuck Yeager
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:14 am
by Bob Juch
silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 3:51 am
Air Force pilot who was the first man to break the sound barrier and whose exploits were popularized in Tom Wolfe's book, The Right Stuff, and the subsequent movie, in which he was played by Sam Shepard. Yeager shot down 13 German planes during World War II, then broke speed records multiple times while flying the X-1 jet.
Age 97.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/us/chuck ... index.html
The X-1 was a rocket, not a jet. He was the first person to break the sound barrier in level flight using it.