Chuck Yeager


 * "I never let myself be afraid. I just focus on the dials and concentrate on flying"
 * - Chuck Yeager (as quoted by Travis Mayweather)

Charles "Chuck" Yeager was a famous American fighter pilot in World War II on Earth. After the war, Yeager served as a test pilot, and in the Bell X-1 plane, he made the first level Human supersonic flight.

Ensign Travis Mayweather once remarked he overcame his fear of tense piloting by mimicking Charles Yeager. 

In 2368, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) chief engineer Geordi La Forge remarked that the impending test of the soliton wave was like "being there to watch Chuck Yeager break the sound barrier." 

A flight maneuver known as the Yeager loop was named in Yeager's honor. Two 24th century Federation starships, both called USS Yeager (disambiguation), were presumably named in his honor. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

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