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 ...

Back in 1947, there were a lot of firsts: The average (median) income was $3,000, the Polaroid Corporation introduced its very first instant-developing camera, an unidentified flying object crashed in ...

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the “right stuff” when in 1947 he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who made ...

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AP) – Sixty-five years after becoming the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager is still making noise. The ...

(Reuters) - Chuck Yeager, the steely "Right Stuff" test pilot who took aviation to the doorstep of space by becoming the first person to break the sound barrier more than 70 years ago, died on Monday ...

Nearly 80 years after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, new competition aims to unearth the next advancement in ...

Little League baseball players in Spencer will now have a brand new field to make memories on, with Sunday marking the official dedication ceremony of Freshwate Man struck and killed by vehicle while ...

(NewsNation Now) — General Chuck Yeager, WWII fighter pilot and the first person to break the sound barrier in flight has died. He was 97. His wife Victoria announced his passing on Twitter: “It is w/ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who made ...