A decorated war hero and elite test pilot who becomes the first person to break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1. Later excluded from the Mercury astronaut program due to lacking a college degree, he continues pushing altitude records in the NF-104A. Despite initial skepticism toward the space program, he acknowledges the extraordinary courage required for manned spaceflight and demonstrates his own resilience after a near-fatal ejection.
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