Chuck Yeager, the American test pilot who became the first person to break the sound barrier and was later immortalised in Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff, has died aged 97. — Chuck Yeager (@GenChuckYeager) December 8, 2020The fact of the first supersonic flight was one thing. Chuck Yeager in a test plane in 1948. Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 plane in which he broke the sound barrier. Iconic Test Pilot General Chuck Yeager has slipped the surly bonds of earth.

Source: The Guardian December 08, 2020 04:45 UTC