Brigadier General Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (born February 13, 1923 in Myra, Lincoln County, West Virginia) is a World War II ace and test pilot, considered a living legend of aviation. He is most famous for being the first human to undeniably travel faster than sound in level flight. Yeager's flying career has spanned more than sixty years and taken him to every corner of the globe, even into the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War.

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Yeager was born into a poor family in West Virginia and joined the army in 1939, serving as an aircraft mechanic. He was selected for flight training in 1941 and soon showed outstanding natural talent as a pilot. Posted to the United Kingdom in 1944, Yeager flew P-51 Mustangs in combat (his aircraft being named Glamorous Glennis after his then-girlfriend, Glennis Faye Dickhouse (later his wife, Glennis Yeager)), gaining one victory before he was shot down over France. See his Escape and Evasion report. He escaped to Spain without being captured and was soon flying with the 363rd Fighter Squadron once more, despite a strict policy that no escaped pilot should fly over enemy territory again. Yeager had gone straight to Dwight D. Eisenhower (himself a civilian trained pilot at age 36) to plead his case. He later credited his postwar success in the Air Force to this decision, saying that his test pilot career followed naturally from being a decorated combat ace with a good kill record, along with being an airplane maintenance man prior to attending pilot school. Because of his maintenance background, Yeager always served in his flying units as "maintenance officer", the liaison between pilots and mechanics.

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One of the most motivational books I have ever read: "Yeager, an autobiography by General Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos", A Bantam Book, 1985
Gb_io_expert (Emre Uludemir) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:51:07 -0000
One of the most motivational books I have ever read: "Yeager, an autobiography by General Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos", A Bantam Book, 1985
I'm honored! RT: @jennyshank To have portrayed Chuck Yeager in a movie & to publish a book with Knopf: that's like the top thing you can do.
AAKnopf (Alfred A. Knopf) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:36:04 -0000
I'm honored! RT: @jennyshank To have portrayed Chuck Yeager in a movie & to publish a book with Knopf: that's like the top thing you can do.
RT @eezeer Chuck Yeager sues Virgin America Airlines over the use of his name to promote on-board WiFi access http://bit.ly/6E0TqS
inflight_wifi (inflightwifi) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:14:54 -0000
RT @eezeer Chuck Yeager sues Virgin America Airlines over the use of his name to promote on-board WiFi access http://bit.ly/6E0TqS
To have portrayed Chuck Yeager in a movie & to publish a book with Knopf: that's like the top thing you can do.
jennyshank (Jenny Shank) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:10:42 -0000
To have portrayed Chuck Yeager in a movie & to publish a book with Knopf: that's like the top thing you can do.
Thinking free speech principles side w/Virgin RT @ballard_ip Chuck Yeager sues Virgin for minor use of his name in an ad: http://j.mp/5DsgTc
CathyGellis (Cathy Gellis) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:39:19 -0000
Thinking free speech principles side w/Virgin RT @ballard_ip Chuck Yeager sues Virgin for minor use of his name in an ad: http://j.mp/5DsgTc
RT @feijigirl: RT @hashaviation: RT @flightnews: Chuck Yeager sues Virgin America over ad http://je.ly/1000Cl #aviation #advertising #vir…
hashaviation (Aviation) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:02:31 -0000
RT @feijigirl: RT @hashaviation: RT @flightnews: Chuck Yeager sues Virgin America over ad http://je.ly/1000Cl #aviation #advertising #vir…

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