Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The term "legend" suffers from overuse, but how else to describe Chuck Yeager? The retired Air Force brigadier general, who died ...

Chuck Yeager, a World War II fighter ace who was the first human to travel faster than sound and whose gutsy test pilot exploits were immortalized in the bestselling book “The Right Stuff,” died ...

Frank Borman did not expect to hear a congratulations from Chuck Yeager one day in 1962—and that’s just as well because he didn’t get one. It wasn’t a surprise that Yeager wouldn’t extend much ...

Last Dec. 7, the greatest aviator in American history ascended into the heavens. On Friday, joined by my family on Air Force Two, it will be my honor to accompany the widow and earthly remains of ...

America has lost one of its great daredevils of the sky. Chuck Yeager, the Air Force test pilot who made history by being the first person to break the sound barrier, died on Monday evening. He was 97 ...

Legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager—the first man to break the sound barrier and live to tell the tale—died on Monday in Los Angeles. The retired Air Force brigadier general was 97. On October 14, 1947, ...

The thing about the sound barrier in the 1940s was that everyone in aviation knew that it was theoretically possible to travel faster than sound. High-powered bullets did it all the time. But whether ...

A campaign is underway to honor aviation icon Chuck Yeager by featuring his likeness on a U.S. postage stamp. The initiative is led by Allen Holder from Yeager Airport and supported by Yeager's widow, ...

General Chuck Yeager is perhaps the greatest pilot in the world. He's now retired from military and research flying, but when you talk to him, you know he hasn't lost his passion for any of it. He ...

In history there are people whose legacy becomes larger than life. Ask anyone who built and flew the first airplane, and you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who isn’t at least aware of the ...

The article celebrates Chuck Yeager as a legendary pilot, highlighting his daring feats like breaking the sound barrier and surviving a flat spin in an NF-104. His new book, "101 Chuck Yeager-isms," ...

Vice President Mike Pence said he will escort Victoria Yeager, the widow of retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, along with his remains, to his funeral in West Virginia on Friday. Pence, himself ...