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Chuck Yeager

Chuck Yeager
  • Name: Chuck Yeager
  • Birthday: 1923-02-13
  • Also known as: Charles Yeager,Charles Elwood Yeager
  • Place of birth: Myra, West Virginia, USA
  • Popularity: 0.519
Biography: 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 the war, he went on to become a test pilot during a time of major investment and rapid technological development of aircraft in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Flying the Bell X-1, a small experimental rocket-powered aircraft, Yeager became the first human to officially break the sound barrier... Read More

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Title Release date
The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff'   as  Self 2003-06-23
Air & Space Smithsonian: Dreams of Flight - Higher Faster Farther   as  Self 1995-07-04
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary   as  Self 1986-01-14
The Right Stuff   as  Fred 1983-10-20
Smokey and the Bandit II   as  Party Guest 1980-08-15
Breaking the Sound Barrier   as  Self 1947-11-29