Chuck Yeager
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title:
Chuck Yeager
text:
Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October 1947 became the second 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 g
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American flying ace and test pilot (1923–2020)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager
date created:
2001-08-22T08:00:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T01:08:04Z
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