Chuck Yeager
The man who broke the sound barrier!
Chuck Background
- had blue eyes and curly hair
- born in 1923
- his best friend was Homer Hager Jr.
- he had 5 siblings
- never saw a plane til 15
- 2nd oldest out of 5 kids
- played the trombone and tuba,also basketball
- when he was younger he wanted to be a big army genral
- his parents were Susie and Hal Sr.
- J.D Smith advised him to be in the Air Corps
- He enter flight school when he was 19
- he went to Hamlin Elementary
Flying, Jobs, and Awards
- he named aircraft and rockets that he flew after his wife Glennis
- Chuck career began at Luke field in Arazona as a test pilot
- then he was assinghed vto the 522nd school squadron at Victorville Army Base in Calofornia
- chuck won the purple heart
- Bronze star medal
- sliver star
- Distinguished flying cross
- legion of merit
- presidential medal of freedom
- air force distinguished service medal
- After the war he worked at Wright Feild in Dayton Ohio
Eighty-Nine Year Old Chuck Yeager • F-15 Eagle Honor Flight
Other Cool Facts
- Chuck is famous because he broke the speed of the sound barrier
- Rules are for people who aren´t willing to make up there own
- There is no such thing as a natural born pilot
- J.D Smith is Chuck´s teachers dad
- right now he is 92
- one of his sisters,Doris Ann had died during infantry
- they deticated a road to him that is called chuck Yeager road
- he went to Air war college in Bangkok, Thailand
- one hope for Chuck Yeager is that he wants to always be able to fly