Aviation legend Chuck Yeager has died
This file US Air Force handout photo from 1995 at Edwards Air Force Base in California shows Brig. Gen. Charles E "Chuck" Yeager in the cockpit of an F-15. Photo: AFP/US Air Force
US aviation legend Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, has died, his wife announced Monday.
"It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET," Victoria Yeager tweeted on her husband's account.
A World War II fighter pilot, Yeager, 97, rocketed into history by breaking the sound barrier in the experimental Bell X-1 research aircraft in 1947, helping to pave the way for the US space program.
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