[DOC] [TLE] Chuck Yeager - Wikipedia [PAR] Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager is a former United States Air Force officer 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 ... As the first human to officially break the 
sound barrier, on October 14, 1947,... [DOC] [TLE] Chuck Yeager - Military Leader, Pilot - Biography.com [PAR] Sep 19, 2016 ... ... II fighter pilot ace who became the first person to break the sound barrier in 
1947. ... Chuck Yeager was born on February 13, 1923, in Myra, West Virginia. ... 
assigned to the Eighth Air Force for combat operations in World War II. ... Later, 
he was credited with downing five German planes in a single day. [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 others ... 
But: Was he really the first pilot to fly faster than sound? ... Planes that had been 
shot down often entered the transonic realm as ... of Komet pilots breaking the 
sound barrier, years before Yeager did. .... All had "the right stuff". [DOC] [TLE] Chuck Yeager Fast Facts - CNN.com [PAR] Jan 30, 2013 ... Birth date: February 13, 1923 ... The first supersonic pilot and has flown more 
than 200 different ... During World War II, Yeager shot down over a dozen 
German planes. He is credited twice with shooting down more than four planes in 
... plane named after his wife, to break the sound barrier, at Mach 1.06,... [DOC] [TLE] The Right Stuff (1983) - Goofs - IMDb [PAR] The Right Stuff (1983) Goofs on IMDb: Mistakes, Errors in geography, Spoilers ... 
identify the aircraft type, despite the fact that the F-104 had been first flown at ... 
When Yeager stalls the NF-104, "engine restart" sounds are heard before he .... 
not ask Chuck Yeager on October 13, 1947, to break the sound barrier the next 
day. [DOC] [TLE] The Right Stuff - Topics: U.S./1945 - 1991; Aviation [PAR] Mar 9, 2013 ... In World War II he flew 64 missions over Europe and shot down 13 German 
aircraft. Before the sound barrier was broken, no one knew whether an ... 1947 
Yeager was the first test pilot to break the sound barrier and survive. ... At the end 
of WWII German engineers who had previously worked for the Nazis... [DOC] [TLE] PressReader - Hindustan Times (Kolkata): 2016-09-09 - US flying ... [PAR] Sep 9, 2016 ... He then said, having seen the war from up close as US adviser to the ... because 
he shot an unguarded parked airplane - one that had been used to help his 
countrymen. ... down 13 German planes during World War II, and then for 
breaking the ... to advise the Pakistani air force months before the 1971 war. [DOC] [TLE] 14 Reasons Chuck Yeager May Be the Greatest ... - Under the Radar [PAR] Mar 25, 2016 ... After being shot down, he aided the French Resistance. ... He scored one of the 
first kills against jet aircraft. ... Chuck Yeager (@GenChuckYeager) October 13, 
2013. 7. ... Yeager broke the sound barrier in an X-1 rocket-powered plane. ... 
with Sam Shepard, who portray the famous pilot in The Right Stuff. [DOC] [TLE] Famous pilot Yeager re-enacting right stuff 65 years later | Las ... [PAR] Oct 12, 2012 ... Charles E. Yeager became the first human to fly faster than sound in ... Author 
Tom Wolfe's book "The Right Stuff," later made into a movie, ... signaled to those 
on the ground that Yeager had broken the sound barrier. ... the fighter he flew in 
shooting down 13 German planes - five in one day - in World War II. [DOC] [TLE] Chuck Yeager facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...

Question: Before first breaking the sound barrier, he had "The Right Stuff", shooting down 13 German aircraft in WWII
Answer: Chuck Yeager