Chuck Yeager, pilot who was first to break sound barrier, dies at 97

Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 plane in which he broke the sound barrier. Photograph: USAF/AFP/Getty Images

source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/08/chuck-yeager-dead-pilot-first-to-break-sound-barrier-dies-death-aged-97