Chuck Yeager Matted Autograph & Photo! 1st Pilot Break Sound Barrier! Air Force!

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Chuck Yeager Matted Autograph & Photo
This listing is for a Chuck Yeager Matted Autograph & Photo. Autograph is hand signed and guaranteed authentic. Comes with a flyer from the signing. The entire mat piece is 8x10 and the photograph is 4x6
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NOTE: This item does NOT come with any frame to due shipping safety issues.
This is a BEAUTIFUL mat piece and it looks fantastic in ANY 8x10 frame!
This is a great piece of Space and Military history! Happy Bidding!
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. Yeager's 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. After the war, Yeager became a test pilot and flew many types of aircraft, including experimental rocket-powered aircraft for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Through the NACA program, he became the first human to officially break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, when he flew the experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1 at an altitude of 45,000 ft (13,700 m), for which he won both the Collier and Mackay trophies in 1948. He then went on to break several other speed and altitude records in the following years. Yeager later commanded fighter squadrons and wings in Germany, as well as in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. In recognition of his achievements and the outstanding performance ratings of those units, he was promoted to brigadier general in 1969 and inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1973, retiring on March 1, 1975. Yeager's three-war active-duty flying career spanned more than 30 years and took him to many parts of the world, including the Korean War zone and the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. Throughout his life, he flew more than 360 different types of aircraft.
Every mat piece that we sell includes a serial numbered store COA sticker on the back of the mat. More importantly, our store also fully guarantees every signature we sell. Any signature that is rejected from a major authenticator can be returned for a full refund including return shipping costs. If needed, we can also create a paper store Certificate of Authenticity upon request. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message.
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