Test pilot sets flight record
NZPA-AP New York Brigadier - General Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, set a speed record for coast-to-coast flight across the United States yesterday, soaring from Burbank, California, to New York in five hours and 23 minutes. General Yeager, aged 62, flew a Piper-Cheyenne 400-LS from Martin airport, in Burbank, to La Guardia airport at an average speed of 772 km/ h. General Yeager bettered by more than an hour the previous record of 6 hours and 28 minutes, set about a year ago. The test pilot, who is retired from the United
States Air Force, was profiled in the book, “The Right Stuff,” the account by Tom Wolfe of the beginnings of manned space flight in the United States. General Yeager said he never had any doubts that he would break the old record. "We took a look at the winds and knew it would be a piece of cake,” he said. General Yeager flew 3953 km non-stop, but swung over the airport in Charleston, West Virginia, which is named after him. He also set a record for flying from Burbank to Charleston, making that - leg In 4 hours and 31 ' minutes.. ? ■:
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Press, 10 February 1986, Page 6
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