Chuck Yeager was a Hollywood idea of a brave test pilot – today they must be skilled engineers too

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Charles “Chuck” Yeager, who has died aged 97, epitomised the movie test pilot of the 1940s and 1950s.

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General Yeager's book explains that he was a preferred test pilot because he had an engineering understanding of the aircraft that he tested. The "Kick the tires, light the fires" types have survivors who readily get to collect the death benefits.