Chuck Yeager Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Chuck Yeager

Chuck Yeager

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Biography

Retired Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (February 13, 1923 - December 7, 2020) was a former United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot. In 1947, he became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. Yeager shot down at least 11 enemy aircraft, mostly flying a P-51 Mustang, on the Western Front during WWII. After the war, he went on to become a test pilot during a time of major investment and rapid technological development of aircraft in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Flying the Bell X-1, a small experimental rocket-powered aircraft, Yeager became the first human to officially break the sound barrier (exceeding Mach 1), on October 14, 1947. He continued to test pilot a variety of aircraft and set many subsequent aviation records.

Filmography Movies

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Air & Space Smithsonian: Dreams of Flight - Higher Faster Farther movie poster
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Air & Space Smithsonian: Dreams of Flight - Higher Faster Farther

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The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff'MOVIE
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The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff'

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Breaking the Sound BarrierMOVIE
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Breaking the Sound Barrier

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Breaking the Sound Barrier
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The Right Stuff movie poster
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The Right Stuff

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The Right Stuff
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Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary movie poster
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Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary

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Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
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Smokey and the Bandit II movie poster
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Smokey and the Bandit II

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