12-08-2020, 10:45 PM
In the United States, at the age of 98, the legendary American test pilot, ace of the Second World War, pioneer of supersonic flight Chuck Yeager died. In 1947, he was the first in the world to break the sound barrier on an experimental X-1 aircraft. Yeager died on December 7 at a Los Angeles hospital, CNN reports.
In 1941, 18-year-old Chuck Yeager enlisted in the US Air Force and became a flight officer by age 20. In October 1944, the young pilot shot down five German fighters in one day, in November - four in a day. By the end of the war, the 22-year-old Yeager had more than 60 sorties and 13 downed enemy aircraft.
After the war, he trained as a test pilot and ended up at Murok Air Force Base (now Edwards), where jet aircraft were developed and tested. On October 14, 1947, Yeager was the first in the world to reach supersonic speed at the helm of the X-1. Two days earlier, he had broken two ribs in a fall from a horse, but going to a doctor at the base would have meant suspension from the historic flight, so only Yeager's wife and engineer Jack Ridley were aware of what had happened.
Besides the fact that Yeager suffered from terrible pain in his side, he practically could not use his right hand. At the same time, in flight, he had to perform several serious manipulations, including hermetically closing the cockpit door, which could only be done with his right hand and with effort. The pilot told Ridley about his problem, and he suggested using the broom handle as additional mechanical force. The flight was successful, but kept secret until June 1948.
After that, Yeager flew at supersonic speed more than once, and in 1953 broke the record of Scott Crossfield, who managed to reach the Mach 2 border. Journalist and writer Tom Wolfe described the exploits of the aviation legend in his cult documentary, Right Stuff, about the birth of the American space program.
Yeager was famous not only for his talent as a born pilot, but also for the manner of speech and voice that other pilots tried to imitate. "Military and then civilian pilots, pilots from Maine, Massachusetts, from both the Dakotas and Oregon - in a word, from everywhere," began to speak with a drawn out West Virginian accent, or at least imitate it as much as possible. It was the speech of the most righteous of all owners of the right thing - Chuck Yeager, "wrote Tom Wolfe.
Subsequently, Yeager led the Aerospace Research Pilot School, which trained test pilots for space flight. Graduates of the school participated in the Gemini and Apollo programs, flew on shuttles. Yeager retired from the Air Force in 1975 with the rank of brigadier general, having flown over 10,000 hours in his career on 361 military aircraft of various types and models. After his retirement, Yeager remained a valuable advisor to the government and the aerospace industry.
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In 1941, 18-year-old Chuck Yeager enlisted in the US Air Force and became a flight officer by age 20. In October 1944, the young pilot shot down five German fighters in one day, in November - four in a day. By the end of the war, the 22-year-old Yeager had more than 60 sorties and 13 downed enemy aircraft.
After the war, he trained as a test pilot and ended up at Murok Air Force Base (now Edwards), where jet aircraft were developed and tested. On October 14, 1947, Yeager was the first in the world to reach supersonic speed at the helm of the X-1. Two days earlier, he had broken two ribs in a fall from a horse, but going to a doctor at the base would have meant suspension from the historic flight, so only Yeager's wife and engineer Jack Ridley were aware of what had happened.
Besides the fact that Yeager suffered from terrible pain in his side, he practically could not use his right hand. At the same time, in flight, he had to perform several serious manipulations, including hermetically closing the cockpit door, which could only be done with his right hand and with effort. The pilot told Ridley about his problem, and he suggested using the broom handle as additional mechanical force. The flight was successful, but kept secret until June 1948.
After that, Yeager flew at supersonic speed more than once, and in 1953 broke the record of Scott Crossfield, who managed to reach the Mach 2 border. Journalist and writer Tom Wolfe described the exploits of the aviation legend in his cult documentary, Right Stuff, about the birth of the American space program.
Yeager was famous not only for his talent as a born pilot, but also for the manner of speech and voice that other pilots tried to imitate. "Military and then civilian pilots, pilots from Maine, Massachusetts, from both the Dakotas and Oregon - in a word, from everywhere," began to speak with a drawn out West Virginian accent, or at least imitate it as much as possible. It was the speech of the most righteous of all owners of the right thing - Chuck Yeager, "wrote Tom Wolfe.
Subsequently, Yeager led the Aerospace Research Pilot School, which trained test pilots for space flight. Graduates of the school participated in the Gemini and Apollo programs, flew on shuttles. Yeager retired from the Air Force in 1975 with the rank of brigadier general, having flown over 10,000 hours in his career on 361 military aircraft of various types and models. After his retirement, Yeager remained a valuable advisor to the government and the aerospace industry.
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