Chuck Yeager

Retired Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (February 13, 1923 - December 7, 2020) was 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 shot down at least 11 enemy aircraft, mostly flying a P-51 Mustang, on the Western Front during WWII. After the war, he went on to become a test pilot during a time of major investment and rapid technological development of aircraft in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Flying the Bell X-1, a small experimental rocket-powered aircraft, Yeager became the first human to officially break the sound barrier (exceeding Mach 1), on October 14, 1947. He continued to test pilot a variety of aircraft and set many subsequent aviation records.

Known For: Acting

Born: Myra, West Virginia, USA, 1923-02-13

Died: 2020-12-07

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1947	Breaking the Sound Barrier	Self	0
2	1980	Smokey and the Bandit II	Party Guest	55
3	1983	The Right Stuff	Fred	74
4	1986	Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary	Self	67
5	1995	Air & Space Smithsonian: Dreams of Flight - Higher Faster Farther	Self	0
6	2003	The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff'	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Goodyear Television Playhouse		53
2	1979	CBS News Sunday Morning	Self (archive footage)	68
3	1983	This Is Your Life	Self	0
4	1985	Spaceflight		0

Chuck Yeager

Film

Television