Chuck Yeager Magnets

"You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done." In tribute to Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier, flying the X1 at Mach 1.

In honor of Chuck Yeager, this design features the great achievement of breaking the sound barrier

Anyone who has travelled on a plane has recited part of this quote at some stage after a rough landing :). "If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing."

"Chuck" Yeager. Portrait of Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (1923-2020), the American who was the first to fly faster than the speed of sound. On 14 October 1947 Yeager flew a Bell X-1 aircraft at a speed of 1078 kilometres per hour at an altitude of 12,800 metres - equivalent to 1.015 times the speed of sound. Yeager had begun his career as a fighter pilot during World War II, destroying 13 enemy aircraft. He spent several years flying experimental aircraft, including the X-1. He then commanded fighter and test pilot units in Europe and America, eventually rising to the rank of Brigadier-General. Photograph of Yeager in a NF- 104 Starfighter aircraft in 1962.

One of the more classic fighter planes of all time.

The great Chuck Yeager

Another great illustration from renowned artist Paul Cemmick's Movie Stars Collection

The X plane to usher in a whole new era of aviation!

October 14, 1947 is when Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. Today is October 14, and I love me some airplanes, so that's what today's design is all about.

Title logo from the 1983 film, based on the bestselling Tom Wolfe book, on the early space program.

Bell X-1 supersonic aircraft. The Bell X-1 was flown by Charles 'Chuck' Yeager on 14th October 1947 and was the first aircraft to break the speed of sound. It was carried into the air under a converted B-29 bomber, and released at 6800 metres altitude over Muroc, California, USA. The X-1 was powered by a four-chamber XLR-11 rocket engine that generated 26.5 kilonewtons of thrust. This pushed the aircraft to a speed of 1078 kilometres per hour at an altitude of 12,800 metres - equivalent to 1.015 times the speed of sound. Yeager unofficially named the aircraft 'Glamorous Glennis' after his wife. It is now displayed in a museum in Washington DC, USA.

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