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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Chuck Yeager standing next to the Bell X-1 “Glamorous Glennis” that the test pilot broke the sound barrier in on Oct. 14, 1947. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE Chuck Yeager standing next to the ...

Before breaking the sound barrier, Chuck Yeager proved himself in brutal WWII air combat. Flying the P-51 Mustang “Glamorous Glenn,” he shot down five enemy fighters in a single mission. This is the ...

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(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/ ...

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 history by flying an aircraft faster than the speed of sound. He made ...