Chuck Yeager was an American brigadier general of ... one of the most widely respected pilots in the Armed Forces. During WW2, flying a P-51, he shot down 13 German planes, five in a single ...
From his early years as a fighter ace in World War II to the last time he broke the sound barrier in 2012 - at the age of 89 - Chuck Yeager became the most decorated US pilot ever. The airport ...
On October 14, 1947, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a four-engine Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber, piloted by Major ...