Chuck Yeager Quotes


You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up.


Citations

Yeager, Chuck, and Leo Janos. Yeager: An Autobiography. Bantam Books, 1985, p. 416.

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Chuck Yeager
Chuck Yeager
  • Born: February 13, 1923
  • Died: December 7, 2020
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Aviator

Charles Elwood Yeager was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight.