Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (/ˈjeɪɡər/ YAY-gər, February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. More about Chuck Yeager
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Yeager was raised in Hamlin, West Virginia. His career began in World War II as a private in the United States Army, assigned to the Army Air Forces in 1941. After serving as an aircraft mechanic, in September 1942, he entered enlisted pilot training and upon graduation was promoted to the rank of flight officer (the World War II Army Air Force version of the Army's warrant officer), later achieving most of his aerial victories as a P-51 Mustang fighter pilot on the Western Front, where he was credited with shooting down 11.5 enemy aircraft (the half credit is from a second pilot assisting him in a single shootdown). On October 12, 1944, he attained "ace in a day" status, shooting down five enemy aircraft in one mission.In total, we tracked 272 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Chuck Yeager (CHUCK YEAGER SIGNED MACHMETER BROKE THE SPEED OF SOUND BELL X-1 BECKETT BAS LOA) was sold in December 2022 for $4265.00 while the cheapest item (GENERAL CHUCK YEAGER TEST PILOT SIGNED 3x5 INDEX CARD AUTOGRAPH RARE) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2020. The month with the most items sold (19) was December 2020 with an average selling price of $145.00 for an autographed item of Chuck Yeager. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2023 with $700.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.60 was August 2015. In average, an autographed item from Chuck Yeager is worth $62.41.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Chuck Yeager were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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Buzz Aldrin/Chuck Yeager Signed Apollo 11 Bell X-1 NASA Photographs (To Brian | $100.00 | ||
Chuck Yeager autobiography Yeager-signed by the author-1985 | $21.05 | ||
Chuck Yeager Autographed 8x10 Photo USA Air Force General Pilot JSA COA | $236.99 | ||
CHUCK YEAGER Autographed Signed Photograph Tigershark | $49.00 | ||
Chuck Yeager Signed 1948 Fort Bliss First day of Issue Postal Cover | $49.99 | ||
Chuck Yeager signed card! NASA Test Pilot! | $30.00 | ||
Chuck Yeager signed card! NASA Test Pilot! | $35.00 | ||
Chuck Yeager signed card! Test Pilot! | $35.00 | ||
Danbury Mint Chuck Yeager Signed BELL X-1 Rocket Research Plane Model MIB | $700.00 | ||
SIGNED w/Proof Chuck Yeager 1st Ed Memoir NASA Pilot Sound Right Stuff Astronaut | $119.99 |
14 October 1947: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier (10/13/14): On this day in 1947, the rocket-powered Bell X-1 – nicknamed 'Glamorous Glennis' – blasted through the sound barrier, with Chuck Yeager at the controls. The post 14 October 1947: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier was first published on MoneyWeek .
Chuck Yeager: First Person to Break the Sound Barrier (06/20/14): Chuck Yeager was an American test pilot who was the first person to break the sound barrier — the point where a speeding object (such as an airplane) passes the speed of sound.
Chuck Yeager being sued by law firm for non-payment (04/29/14): Chuck Yeager, known for breaking the sound barrier, is being sued by a Fresno, CA law firm for non-payment.
Chuck Yeager in court Monday in breach-of-contract lawsuit (04/27/14): FRESNO, Calif. - On the steps of a Fresno courthouse, legendary Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager talked about shooting down Nazi German planes during World War II, breaking the sound barrier… Click to Continue »
Chuck Yeager breaks speed of sound, again (10/14/12): Chuck Yeager retraced history on Sunday -- 65 years to the minute -- as the first test pilot to break the sound barrier, taking to the skies once again to fly faster than the speed of sound.