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Yeager

American  
[yey-ger] / ˈjeɪ gər /

noun

  1. Charles (Elwood) Chuck, 1923–2020, U.S. aviator and test pilot: the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound (1947).


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Test pilot Chuck Yeager, played by Sam Shepard at his soulful best, embodies older ways as the modern world rockets ever upward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

The batteries then will be transported off-site for disposal, David Yeager, director of project development for Vistra, said during the Monterey County news briefing Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

It was the Dodgers’ first back-to-back World Series homers since Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager pulled off the feat in 1981.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2024

Gen. Gen. Chuck Yeager in combat and later in the storied age of pioneering test pilots, was 102.

From New York Times • May 18, 2024

He’d help me with the articles, like he’d helped me with my piece on Chuck Yeager.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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