Note that the lady Chuck was talking to worn a Rolex Solid Gold Day Just
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Chuck Yeager in 1947 with a Rolex Oyster
Air Force Brigadier General Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager with a Rolex Submariner ref. 6538
Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager born February 13,
1923 is a retired brigadier general in the United States Air Force and
record-setting test pilot. In 1947, he became the first pilot confirmed to have
exceeded the speed of sound in level flight.
Yeager's career began in World War II as a private in the United
States Army Air Forces. After serving as an aircraft mechanic, in September
1942 he entered enlisted pilot training and upon graduation was promoted to the
rank of flight officer (the World War II USAAF equivalent to warrant officer)
and became a P-51 fighter pilot.
After the war, Yeager became a test pilot of many types of
aircraft, including experimental rocket-powered aircraft. As the first human to
break the sound barrier, on October 14, 1947, he flew the experimental Bell X-1
at Mach 1 at an altitude of 45,000 ft (13,700 m). Although Scott Crossfield was
the first to fly faster than Mach 2 in 1953, Yeager shortly thereafter set a
new record of Mach 2.44.
Yeager later commanded fighter squadrons and wings in
Germany, and in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, and in recognition of
the outstanding performance ratings of those units he was promoted to brigadier
general. Yeager's flying career spans more than 60 years and has taken him to
every corner of the globe, including the Soviet Union during the height of the
Cold War.
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