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chuck yeager
On October 14, 1997 he re-created a feat he had performed exactly fifty years earlier
Trivia about chuck yeager
In 1985 Kanawha Airport in Charleston, W.V. was renamed to honor this pilot who first broke the sound barrier
Before first breaking the sound barrier, he had "The Right Stuff", shooting down 13 German aircraft in WWII
Charleston, West Virginia's booming airport is named for this pilot who first broke the sound barrier
This first person to fly faster than the speed of sound was a fighter ace during WWII
Now a retired brig. gen., this West Virginian was 1st to fly faster than speed of sound
Think fast -- in 1997 Edwards Air Force Base in California named a street in honor of this retired general
In October 2002 he made another supersonic flight, 55 years after his first
In 1986 this former test pilot was named to the committee investigating the Challenger disaster
In 1953 he set another world record flying 2 1/2 times the speed of sound in a Bell X-1A rocket plane
On October 14, in the experimental X-1, he broke the sound barrier
On Oct. 14, 1947 he flew a Bell X-1 aircraft 662 miles per hour
Oct. 14, 1947: Dear Bro, I hear that today this man traveled over 662 MPH in a Bell X-1
He named the first Bell X-1 rocket plane for his wife, Glennis
ACTORS & ROLES------------------------------Sam Shepard played this barrier breaker in "The Right Stuff"
In 1976 the U.S. Mint issued a medal commemorating his flight through the sound barrier
"The Right Stuff" tells of how this man broke the sound barrier with 2 broken ribs from a drunken horseback ride
When he flew the X-1 over Mach 1 on Oct. 14, 1947 he was suffering from 2 broken ribs