YEAGER, CHARLES (CHUCK)


Meaning of YEAGER, CHARLES (CHUCK) in English

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(1923-) a US ↑ test pilot who in 1947 became the first person to break the ↑ sound barrier (=fly faster than the speed of sound) .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.