Chuck Yeager & the Bell X-1 All images on this page can be viewed in large hi-res format by simply clicking on the desired image. Chuck Yeager & the Bell X-1 will always be remembered as a formidable combination. Individualy they were both too hot to handle for the vast majority of the United States Air Force. When Col Albert G Boyd selected Captain Charles E Yeager as the prime pilot for the ...

You may click on any of the images to view a JPEG version of that image Chuck Yeager in flight school during World War II. Courtesy Air Force Test Center History Office Chuck Yeager, fighter pilot. Courtesy Air Force Test Center History Office Chuck Yeager and the X-1 research plane that broke the sound barrier. It can be seen today at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washinton, DC.

General Chuck Yeager First Man to Break the Sound Barrier Inducted into the Academy in 1974 General Chuck Yeager First Man to Break the Sound Barrier Inducted into the Academy in 1974 General Chuck Yeager First Man to Break the Sound Barrier

Meeting the Challenge of Supersonic Flight The Problem Setting the Stage The Airplane Initial Glide Flights Bell's Powered Flight Test Program A Turning Point Meeting the Challenge of Mach 1 Epilogue Presented with permission of James O. Young ...