Chuck Yeager has Died

Chuck Yeager, pilot who broke speed of sound, dies

Aviation pioneer Chuck Yeager, who became the first man to break the sound barrier, has died at the age of 97.

Yeager’s wife, Victoria Yeager broke the news on Twitter: “It is [with] profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9 pm ET,” she said in a tweet from his official Twitter handle.