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Chuck Yeager and members of the EEA s Young Eagles program.
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Chuck Yeager and Bell X-1 “Glamorous Glennis
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Chuck Yeager and X-1A
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The world famous aviator, General Chuck Yeager, died earlier this month he was 97. Yeager was born in Hamlin, West Virginia, enlisted after high school, and flew 64 combat missions as a fighter pilot against Germany during world during world war two. After that, he trained as a test pilot here in Dayton and in 1947 became the first man to break the sound barrier. WYSO’s aviation commentator Dan Patterson, met Yeager several times and has this remembrance.
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Yeager Supported EAA In A Variety Of Ways Over A 30-Year Period
EAA is mourning the death of Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, one of America s preeminent aviators who also supported EAA in a variety of ways over a 30-year period. Yeager died Monday evening in California at age 97.
Gen. Yeager, EAA Lifetime 258188, was best known as the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound when he flew the Bell X-1 at Mach 1 in October 1947. He also had a decorated military career as an Army Air Forces ace in World War II and flew combat missions in the Korean and Vietnam Wars prior to retiring from the military in 1975.