Chuck yeager plane

CELEBRATED test pilot Chuck Yeager had a long and eventful life – most notably becoming the first pilot to break the sound barrier. And he did it in a plane named after his first wife – “Glamorous Glennis” Dickhouse.

Who was Chuck Yeager’s first wife Glennis Dickhouse?

Glennis Dickhouse was pilot Chuck Yeager’s wife of 45 years.

 She is the namesake of his sound-barrier breaking Bell X-1 aircraft, “Glamorous Glennis”. 

Born in 1924, she married Chuck when she was just 21.

Chuck’s devoted spouse died in 1990 after a long battle with cancer.

When did Chuck and Glennis get married?

Yeager met his future wife Glennis when he stopped by a local gymnasium in California to organise a dance for the United Service Organizations.

High school graduate Glennis, 18, was working in the office there.

In his autobiography he remembers the moment they first met: “She was pretty as a movie star,” he said, “and making mor Chuck yeager!