Yeager

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, Chuck (1923–), U.S. pilot; full name Charles Elwood Yeager. He became the first person to break the sound barrier when he piloted the Bell X-1 rocket research aircraft at high altitude to a level-flight speed of 670 mph in 1947.

Yeager is a relatively uncommon American surname, most likely a transcription of the common German surname "Jäger" (hunter) done by immigrants in order to have their name rather misspelled than mispronounced, as in Jagger.

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Harlingen '86 (1991 History Film)
Chuck Yeager (American aviator)
100 Girls by Bunny Yeager (1950 Visual Arts Film)
America's Hangar (2008 Film)