Charles Elwood Yeager
1923-
American Pilot
Adecorated World War II fighter pilot, Charles E. ("Chuck") Yeager returned from service in Europe to become one of the leading test pilots of ...
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Chuck Yeager
Born February 13, 1923, Myra, West Virginia
Charles Elwood Yeager, known as Chuck, was born in Myra, West Virginia, on February 13, 1923. His father was a driller for natural gas in the...
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Charles E. Yeager (born 1923), a test pilot for the United States Air Force, was the first person to fly a plane faster than the speed of sound.Charles ("Chuck") E. Yeager was born in Myra, West Virgi...
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Today is Tuesday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2007. There are 321 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 13, 1935, a jury in Flemington, N.J., found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty ...
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If hunting has a Super Bowl, this is it.At dawn on a September day, as the sky in the east was turning from slate gray to pale orange, 27 invited hunters from around the world set out on the rollin...
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Pilot Scott Crossfield, the first man to fly at twice the speed of sound, and an air traffic controller were blamed Thursday for the crash of a single-engine plane during a thunderstorm last year t...
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Today is Sunday, Oct. 14, the 287th day of 2007. There are 78 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 14, 1947, Air Force test pilot Charles E. ("Chuck") Yeager broke the sound b...
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Charles Elwood Yeager
Chuck Yeager
Chuck Yeager
Today in history - Feb. 13
