Charles elwood chuck yeager biography wikipedia

          Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (February 13, – December 7, ) was a major general of the United States Air Force.

        1. Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (born February 13, ) is a retired Brigadier-General in the United States Air Force and a noted test pilot.
        2. Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October became the.
        3. Brigadier General Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (born February 13, Myra, West Virginia) is an American World War II ace and test pilot.
        4. General Yeager made world history on Oct. 14, , when he became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound.

          5. Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October became the.!

          Jack Ridley (pilot)

          United States Air Force officer

          Colonel Jackie Lynwood Ridley (June 16, – March 12, ) was an aeronautical engineer, USAFtest pilot and chief of the U.S.

          Air Force's Flight Test Engineering Laboratory. He helped develop and test many Cold War era military aircraft. He worked on the Bell X-1, the first aircraft to achieve supersonic flight, and was highly respected among fellow test pilots, most notably Chuck Yeager, for his engineering skills.

          Early life and military career

          Jack Ridley was born on June 16, , in Garvin, Oklahoma.[1] Ridley graduated from a high school in Sulphur, Oklahoma in Following high school, he entered the ROTC program at the University of Oklahoma where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering in In July , the young engineer received a commission in the U.S.

          Army field artillery and began a military career, which would continue for the rest of his life. The science of flight soon attracted him