US test pilot Chuck Yeager dies aged 97

US test pilot Chuck Yeager dies aged 97
Charles ‘Chuck’ Yeager (AP)
Tue, 08 Dec, 2020 - 16:30
AP Reporters

Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the Second World War fighter pilot ace and test pilot who became the first person to fly faster than sound in 1947, has died aged 97.

Brig Gen Yeager died on Monday, his wife, Victoria Yeager, said on his Twitter account.

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