Retired Air Force Brigadier General Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager gained fame as the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. This historic flight in the rocket powered Bell X-1 aircraft took place on October 14th 1947, at Muroc (now Edwards Air Force Base), California. Muroc field was named after the town of Muroc formed by the Corum (Muroc spelled backwords) brothers in the early 20th century. General Yeager was born Feb. 13, 1923, in Myra, West Virginia. members.lycos.co.uk
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...Charles E. (Chuck) Yeager Charles E. (Chuck) Yeager (1923- ) enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1941 at the age of eighteen. He worked as an aircraft mechanic and pilot before going over the ... www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/x1/chuck.html
They were operated by the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, which was commanded at that time by Colonel Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager. www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/NF-104A_crash_site.htm
It was the rocket powered X-1, flown by the legendary Chuck Yeager, that busted past the speed of sound in October of 1947. www.inl.net/hp/richieb/aces.html
