Chuck Yeager(1923-2020)
- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
The first pilot to break the sound barrier, born in Myra, West
Virginia. He trained as a fighter pilot, flying over 60 missions in
Europe. On March 5, 1944, Yeager was shot down over France, fought with
the Maquis, escaped over the Pyrenees carrying a wounded airman. On 14
October 1947, Yeager flew the Bell X-1 rocket research aircraft past
Mach 1, "thus breaking the sound barrier". This was the first step into
space. In 1953, in the Bell X-1A, he flew at more then 2.5 times the
speed of the sound. He later commanded the USAF. AeroSpace Research
Pilot School, and the 4th TAC Fighter Bomber Wing. The subject of the
book and film "The Right Stuff", General Yeager did all the flying in
the movie The Right Stuff as well as played the bartender.
