[DOC] [TLE] Chuck Yeager - Wikipedia [PAR] As the first human to officially 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. [DOC] [TLE] Yeager breaks sound barrier - Oct 14, 1947 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in History, Yeager breaks sound barrier on Oct 14, 1947. ... U.S. Air 
Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed 
of sound. Yeager, born in Myra, West Virginia, in 1923, was a combat fighter 
during World War II and flew 64 missions over Europe. ... 6 Famous WWI Fighter 
Aces. [DOC] [TLE] Wartime Me 262 Pilot Said He Flew Faster Than Sound | Defense ... [PAR] Mar 19, 2013 ... An Me 262 pilot said he flew faster than sound during World War II. ... he claimed 
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voice of one of the Reich's top fighter aces, commander of the jet fighter training 
... Later in life, Mutke said he overcame his high-speed dive by... [DOC] [TLE] Breaking the sound barrier - Roger Darlington's World [PAR] Mach 1.2 to Mach 5.0 is described as supersonic, while speeds greater than 
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test flying. ... From the front of the plane, the shock wave appears as a circle, but 
from the... [DOC] [TLE] Chuck Yeager - Military Leader, Pilot - Biography.com [PAR] Sep 19, 2016 ... Chuck Yeager was born on February 13, 1923, in Myra, West Virginia. A fighter 
pilot ace during World War II, he became the first person to break the sound ... 
becoming the first person to break the sound barrier (Mach 1). ... One of the 
military's premier pilots, Yeager in 1953 was tapped to fly a Russian MiG... [DOC] [TLE] Chuck Yeager - Breaking the Sound Barrier, the guy ... - Acepilots.com [PAR] First man to fly faster than speed of sound, in Bell X-1 in Oct. 1947 over Edwards 
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WW2, Chuck Yeager was assigned to be a test pilot at Muroc Field in California. [DOC] [TLE] Flying High with Chuck Yeager : NPR [PAR] Oct 15, 2007 ... Yeager took Wilber on a tour of the Sierras in California. ... Charles "Chuck" 
Yeager, a World War II fighter ace, accelerated his Bell X-1 ... Yeager became the 
first person to fly faster than the speed of sound on Oct. 14, 1947. [DOC] [TLE] NOVA | Transcripts | Faster Than Sound | PBS [PAR] Oct 14, 1997 ... STACY KEACH (NARRATOR): In the quest the break the sound ... was during 
World War II that pilots first experienced the problem of flying ... This occurred as 
planes approached the speed of sound itself: 760 miles an hour at sea level. .... 
But it meant flying a plane faster than it had ever been done before. [DOC] [TLE] Was Chuck Yeager the First to Break the Sound Barrier? - Skeptoid [PAR] May 19, 2009 ... We all know that Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, but did ... But: 
Was he really the first pilot to fly faster than sound? ... As any aircraft approaches 
the speed of sound, airflow over some parts of the plane will exceed Mach 1 and 
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so ... The first

Question: This first person to fly faster than the speed of sound was a fighter ace during WWII
Answer: Chuck Yeager