Yeager named the airplane “Glamorous Glennis” in tribute to his wife. “Chuck” Yeager, the X-1 reached a speed of 1,127 kilometers (700 miles) per hour, Mach 1.06, at an altitude of 13,000 meters (43,000 feet). October 14, 1947: The Bell X-1 became the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. Immediately upon graduation from high school he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps to serve in World War II. Captain Chuck Yeager with the X-1 supersonic research aircraft in 1947, shortly after breaking the sound barrier.Ĭharles Elwood Yeager was born in 1923 in Myra, West Virginia and grew up in the nearby village of Hamlin. He won a permanent place in the history of aviation as the first pilot ever to fly faster than the speed of sound, but that was only one of the remarkable feats this pilot performed in service to his country. Chuck Yeager is unquestionably the most famous test pilot of all time.
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