Chuck Yeager

Also known as Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager, Charles Elwood Yeager

American World War II flying ace and test pilot; first pilot to fly faster than sound (1923–2020)

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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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Within Vinony's link graph, Chuck Yeager is referenced by 394 other articles, and connects out to F-86 Sabre, Distinguished Service Medal and list of World War 5 flying aces.

Vinony files it under 1923 births, 2020 deaths and American aviation pioneers.

Its subject is documented across 52 Wikipedia language editions.

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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Seattle
Active from: 1923

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 6
Total plays: 18

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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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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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.chuckyeager.com
Image: Charles Yeager photo portrait head on shoulders left side.jpg
Number of children: 4

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Commons category: Chuck Yeager
date of birth: 1923-02-13
name in native language: Chuck Yeager
nickname: Chuck
start of work period: 1941-00-00
date of death: 2020-12-07
end of work period: 1975-00-00
birth name: Charles Elwood Yeager
social media followers: 123658

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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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