Essay about Chuck Yeager: The Fastest Man Alive

“Death is a great enemy and robber in my profession, taking away so many of my friends over the years, all of them young”. Chuck had a dangerous job, he was a pilot in World War II and half of his friends were either killed in the war or in testing planes for the USAAF and from that, he was facing death every day. Chuck grew up on a farm and right out of high school, enlisted to become a pilot. He received many accolades for his war efforts in World War II. Chuck Yeager, most well known for being the first man to break the speed of sound, was admirable not only for his bravery, intelligence, and determination, but also because he believed in himself and was the youngest person the make it into the Air Hall of Fame.

Chuck Yeager was always known as a great and respective kid and student. Chuck Yeager was born on February 23, 1923, in Myra, West Virginia Hills. Yeager was a very active kid and would like to fish and hunt on the normal. Chuck was a competitive and outgoing kid. He would be brave enough to just swing across a swimming hole with a vine. Chuck also made his own bobsleds as a kid, and when a skid happened, he said that he knew how to fly. At the age of eighteen, he graduated high school and right away enlisted into the Army. Chuck was very determined, and admirable to just go into the USAAF right out of high school.

Chuck Yeager's family was not the richest people. Chucks parents worked day and night throughout the week, sometimes they would just have cornbread and milk for the whole day. Later off in Chuck's career, he joined a school called the Air Command and Staff School and graduated in 1952. He then went into the Air War College and graduated from that school in 1961. Him going through all of this just shows how outgoing, determined, and admirable he is to just get things done.

Chuck Yeager family was quite large. When Chuck was born, he was the second out of five children. Chuck described his father, Albert as a prankster, a marksman and also a hard worker. Albert worked as a natural gas driller and a moonshine brewer. Chuck's father would get home late Friday and leave Sunday. Chuck said that his father “would work like a dog and never complain”. Chuck was determined to help his family and would admirably work around the house. In Chuck Yeager’s family, he also described his mother Susie as a big boned person and did not mess around. He also said that she was a Christian and if someone would get out of place, she would get then right. Chucks Father Albert apparently has a mechanic skill and Chuck inherited that skill which would help him later in his career.

Chuck, later on, married his wife Glennis Faye Dickhouse, born February 26, 1945. Chuck had four children and each of their names was, Sharen, Susan, Donald, and Michael. In 1990 Glennis Yeager ended up dying, ten years later. Chuck met a woman named Victoria Scott D’Angelo, 41. At the age of 80, Chuck ended up marrying Victoria. Daughter Susan lived next door and did a background check and found multiple lawsuits and restraining orders in the past. Chuck ended up changing his deed to Victoria and Susan went to court the get sue the offspring for stealing money from Chuck. Chuck was a very intelligent person, he was able to pick up the mechanical skill quickly and admirably.

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Chuck Yeager started his career by joining the USAAF. Chuck Yeager enlisted in 1941 and when he joined, he was a private. He had never seen the inside of an airplane before joining the Army Air Force. Yeager became a flight officer in 1923, which is a non-commissioned officer who could pilot the aircraft. The last two years of the war he went to England to fly fighter missions into Germany and France. At the age of twenty-two, Chuck shot down two German fighters in his first eight missions. Chuck was a very brave person, he admirably enlisted right of high school to help with the war effort.

Chuck Yeager continued his career as a USAAF pilot. On the ninth mission of Chuck's career, Chuck was shot down by Germans that occupied France and they used ‘Flak’ (anti-air gun). He was jailed briefly in Spain and was able to get out with determination and a small saw that was hidden in his pilot uniform. After escaping from Spain, he headed back to England where he flew fighters in Normandy. On November 6, Yeager shot down the Germans new jet the FW-190 in a P-51 a propeller fighter. On November 20, Chuck Yeager bravely and admirably shot down four FW-190’s and at the end of the war at age twenty-two, he shot down thirteen ½ planes.

After the war, Chuck continued his career in the army and became a test pilot. The army developed a new plane called the X-1 and Chuck flew it and ended up reaching 0.9 Mach, and after multiple flights, he got closer and closer. Yeager went horseback riding, fell and broke some ribs. Chuck kept his injuries as a secret from his superiors the next morning and went into the plane, he was having trouble closing the door of the plane so he used a broomstick to close it. The plane was inside the belly of a B-29 bomber where he was released at 26,000 feet, and on October 14, Yeager was the first man to break the speed of sound at reaching .96 Mach. Later on, in his career as a test pilot he flew hundreds of missions but where one he flew a plane that went to 108,000 feet where it spun out of control, and violently spun Chuck, Chuck then ended up ejecting from the plane and suffered burn injuries to his left side of face and lower body, he was in the hospital for a week. In 1969, he became a Brigadier General and then retired in 1975 being the most famous pilot. Chuck Yeager was very admirable, he was brave enough to go into aircraft with a broken a rib and was determined to finish the test.

Chuck Yeager is known for many admirable things. First off Chuck was the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound, multiple volunteered and some died due to accidents but Chuck was the one that survived and accomplished this task. Chuck did the history-making flight on the early of October 14, 1947. In 1973 Chuck was enshrined into the Aviation Hall of Fame and was the youngest aviator ever to make it in. At the end of the war at the mere age of just twenty-two, Yeager admirably shot down thirteen and a half German fighter planes, Chuck also shared one victory with another pilot. Chuck Yeager bravely and admirably shot down thirteen planes by himself. Yeager continued to do admirable things, he broke his records in the aviation world, again and again. He broke his record of 1 Mach, to an astounding 1.65 Mach. He later continued to break records over and over again throughout his 15 years as a test pilot. In 1984, Chuck received the Purple Heart, and the Silver Star, and also many other medals like the presidential medal of freedom. Throughout Chucks, he was in plenty of scary situations, one of those situations was the scariest of them all. Chuck was testing a new plane and the plane went out of control 70,000 and dropped 50,000 feet, and he was able to regain control and land which most pilots could not do. Chuck Yeager did many admirable things throughout his lifetime, for just his bravery and determination in the war effort and the allied troops on the ground.

Chuck Yeager then retired later on in his lifetime. Chuck Yeager on his 50th anniversary, he flew an F-15D Eagle and went past Mach 1 once again on October 14, 1997. During retirement, he also served as a consultant for the USAF and continued flying till the age of 74. Chuck is one of the famous pilots became the face of ‘AC Delco Automotive Parts Division’. When Chuck finally retired, he was annoyed that no planes flew over his retirement speaking. Chuck, later on, started his own consulting firm, advising aircraft manufacturing and also had a movie based on him that came out in 1983 which made him even more famous. Chuck also did numerous television commercials for multiple companies including Delco Matters. In doing all of this, Chuck only showed how determined and admirable he was in his career, even though he was still in the Air Force at the age of 74.

Chuck did plenty of admirable things throughout his life. From him breaking the speed of sound and the first ever person to do it. To him winning the Purple Heart and the Presidential Medal. Chuck showed plenty of dedication and hard work towards the Airforce. Without Chuck, we could have lost wars in the future or not have even developed supersonic planes to where we are now. Chuck also showed we can do the impossible, by breaking the speed of sound. He showed we can do anything if we put our mind to it.