___Chuck needs little introduction. He was the man who pioneered modern aviation by being the first person to break the speed of sound. Yeager became an ace when he shot down five German airplanes during World War II, and the movie The Right Stuff was written about his life. He survived a number of airplane crashes, including an incident where he was shot down over enemy territory and eventually escaped on his own through snowy mountains. ___He continued flying as a test pilot after he retired from the Air Force and is commonly referred to as the greatest pilot that’s ever flown anything, anywhere. ___Besides his flying prowess, Yeager is a passionate outdoorsman who admits he would almost rather hunt that fly. He is a skilled woodsman, and attributes his knowledge of the outdoors to his rural upbringing in West Virginia, where he literally fed his family by hunting and fishing.