Glamorous Glennis

E46588

aircraft name

Glamorous Glennis was the name Chuck Yeager gave to several of his aircraft, most famously the Bell X-1 rocket plane in which he first broke the sound barrier.

Aliases (3)

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft name →
appliedToAircraft	Bell X-1 → F-80 Shooting Star → F-86 Sabre → P-51 Mustang →
associatedLocation	Edwards Air Force Base → Muroc Army Air Field →
associatedPilot	Chuck Yeager →
associatedWithEvent	first supersonic level flight →
associatedWithProgram	U.S. high-speed flight research program →
associatedWithRecord	breaking the sound barrier →
associatedWithTechnology	rocket-powered research aircraft →
countryOfAssociation	United States →
culturalSignificance	iconic nose art name → symbol of early supersonic flight →
hasVariantName	Glamorous Glennis II → Glamorous Glennis III → Glamorous Glennis IV →
mostFamousAssociation	Bell X-1 →
namedBy	Chuck Yeager →
namedInHonorOf	Glennis Yeager →
nameOrigin	wife of Chuck Yeager →
namingPractice	personalized aircraft nose art →
notableDateAssociation	14 October 1947 →
serviceBranchAssociation	United States Air Force → United States Army Air Forces →
usedDuringConflict	World War II →
usedDuringEra	early Cold War →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Glamorous Glennis ("Glamorous Glennis II") → Glamorous Glennis ("Glamorous Glennis III") → Glamorous Glennis ("Glamorous Glennis IV") →	hasVariantName
Chuck Yeager →	aircraftNamedAfterSpouse
Bell X-1 →	nickname