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The Smithsonian houses Glamorous Glennis, the plane named for the wife of this aviator; he flew faster than sound in 1947 |
(Chuck) Yeager
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PLANES, NO TRAINS BUT SOME AUTOMOBILES |
2025-07-16 |
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The day before flying at Mach 1 in 1947, he broke 2 ribs when he fell off a horse |
Chuck Yeager
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AVIATION |
2017-12-04 |
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In 1953 he set another world record flying 2 1/2 times the speed of sound in a Bell X-1A rocket plane |
Chuck Yeager
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AVIATION |
2011-03-17 |
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In 1985 Kanawha Airport in Charleston, W.V. was renamed to honor this pilot who first broke the sound barrier |
Chuck Yeager
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AIRPORTS |
2004-10-28 |
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On October 14, 1997 he re-created a feat he had performed exactly fifty years earlier |
Chuck Yeager
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AVIATION |
1998-03-31 |
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His 1st flight through the sound barrier was kept secret from the general public for months |
(Chuck) Yeager
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$600 |
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AVIATION FIRSTS |
1993-09-08 |
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He named the first Bell X-rocket plane for his wife, Glennis |
(Chuck) Yeager
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TRANSPORTATION |
1991-09-24 |
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The plane that he flew to break the sound barrier was named Glamorous Glennis after his wife |
Chuck Yeager
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$300 |
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TRANSPORTATION |
1991-01-31 |
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