Given the question: Facts: - death date: 20 october 2005 - nickname: slick - birth date: 2 january 1923 - serviceyears: 1941 -- 1943 , 1948 - name: chalmers hubert goodlin - branch: royal air force canadian air force u.s. naval air force israeli - death place: palm beach , florida , u.s. - birth place: greensburg , pennsylvania , u.s. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of chalmers goodlin .
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chalmers hubert goodlin -lrb- january 2 , 1923 -- october 20 , 2005 -rrb- was the second test pilot of the bell x-1 supersonic rocket plane , and the first to operate the craft in powered flight -lrb- the others having been glide tests -rrb- .he was the pilot of the project 's second plane , and nearly broke the sound barrier .