Nose Art Special: Glamorous Glennis by Aerotech News • October 26, 2024 9:20 am - Updated October 24, 2024 5:25 pm Air Force photograph Then Capt. Chuck Yeager stands in front of the Bell X-1 named Glamorous Glennis in which he was the first to break the sound barrier. Yeager named all of his assigned aircraft in some variation after his wife.