Chuck Yeager

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On this day in space! Oct. 14, 1947: Test pilot Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, the first X-plane

Chuck Yeager was a Hollywood idea of a brave test pilot – today they must be skilled engineers too

Chuck Yeager, the First Man to Break the Sound Barrier has Died. He was 97