Vintage 1987 CHUCK YEAGER Signed Color 8x10 Autographed Photo McDonnell Douglas for Sale

Vintage 1987 CHUCK YEAGER Signed Color 8x10 Autographed Photo McDonnell Douglas For Sale

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Vintage 1987 CHUCK YEAGER Signed Color 8x10 Autographed Photo McDonnell Douglas:
$300.00

Vintage January 1987
CHUCK YEAGER
Signed Color 8x10 Photograph
McDonnell Douglas (Boeing)
St. Louis, MissouriCharles \"Chuck\" Elwood Yeager (February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) is 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\'s career began in World War II as a private in the United States Army Air Forces in 1941. After serving as an aircraft mechanic, in September 1942 he entered enlisted pilot training and upon graduation was promoted to the rank of flight officer (the World War II USAAF equivalent to warrant officer), later achieving most of his aerial victories as a P-51 fighter pilot on the Western Front, where he shot down over 11 enemy aircraft.After the war, Yeager became a test pilot of many types of aircraft, including experimental rocket-powered aircraft. As the first human to officially break the sound barrier, on October 14, 1947, he flew the experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1 and an altitude of 45,000 feet (13,700 m), for which he won both the Collier and Mackay trophies in 1948. He then went on to break several other speed and altitude records.Yeager later commanded fighter squadrons and wings in Germany, as well as in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. In recognition of the outstanding performance ratings of those units, he was promoted to brigadier general in 1969, retiring on March 1, 1975. Yeager\'s three war active duty flying career spans more than 30 years and has taken him to many parts of the world, including the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War.
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