Chuck Yeager

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aviator human military officer test pilot

Chuck Yeager was a pioneering American test pilot and U.S. Air Force officer best known for being the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.

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Label Occurrences
Chuck Yeager canonical 26
Yeager 3
Charles Elwood Yeager 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aviator ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
aircraftFlown Bell X-1 ⓘ
aircraftNamedAfterSpouse Glamorous Glennis ⓘ
altitudeOfRecordFlight approximately 45,000 feet ⓘ
autobiography Yeager: An Autobiography ⓘ
awardReceived Air Medal ⓘ
Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Purple Heart ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
coAuthor Leo Janos ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1923-02-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-12-07 ⓘ
ethnicGroup American of European descent ⓘ
familyName Chuck Yeager self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yeager
fullName Chuck Yeager self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Charles Elwood Yeager
givenName Charles ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
nickname Chuck Yeager self-link ⓘ
notableEvent broke the sound barrier on 1947-10-14 ⓘ
notableFor first supersonic flight in level flight ⓘ
numberOfAerialVictories at least 11 ⓘ
occupation fighter pilot ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
placeOfBirth Myra, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
placeOfBurial Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: Arlington National Cemetery (planned/associated)
placeOfDeath Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
portrayedBy Sam Shepard ⓘ
prisonerOfWarConflict World War II ⓘ
recordSet first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in level flight ⓘ
serviceEnd 1975 ⓘ
serviceStart 1941 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
speedAchieved Mach 1.06 ⓘ
spouse Glennis Dickhouse Yeager ⓘ
Victoria Scott D’Angelo ⓘ
subjectOf The Right Stuff ⓘ
wasPrisonerOfWar true ⓘ

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Rogers Commission investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster → includesMember → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Chuck Yeager → fullName → Chuck Yeager self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Elwood Yeager
Chuck Yeager → familyName → Chuck Yeager self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yeager
Chuck Yeager → nickname → Chuck Yeager self-link ⓘ
United States Air Force Test Pilot School → hasAlumni → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Bell X-1 → testPilot → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Harmon Trophy → notableRecipient → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Yeager: An Autobiography → author → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Yeager: An Autobiography → mainSubject → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Yeager: An Autobiography → focusesOnPerson → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Myra, West Virginia, United States → hasNotablePerson → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
subject surface form: Myra, West Virginia
Myra, West Virginia, United States → birthplaceOf → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
subject surface form: Myra, West Virginia
The Right Stuff → featuresCharacter → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Glamorous Glennis → namedBy → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Glamorous Glennis → associatedPilot → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Victoria Scott D’Angelo → spouse → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Glennis Dickhouse Yeager → familyName → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yeager
Glennis Dickhouse Yeager → spouse → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Leo Janos → workSubject → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Leo Janos → collaboratedWith → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Chuck → usedAsGivenNameBy → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Reaction Motors XLR11 → pilotAssociated → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Myra, West Virginia → hasNotablePerson → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Myra, West Virginia → birthplaceOf → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Glennis → familyName → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
subject surface form: Glennis Dickhouse Yeager
this entity surface form: Yeager
Glennis → spouse → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
subject surface form: Glennis Dickhouse Yeager
The Right Stuff → portraysCharacter → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Yeager Airport → namedAfter → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
Harmon Trophy (to its pilots) → notableRecipient → Chuck Yeager ⓘ
subject surface form: Harmon Trophy
Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy → hasRecipient → Chuck Yeager ⓘ