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‘America’s greatest Pilot’ Chuck Yeager, first person to break sound barrier, dies at 97

Steve Kiggins, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘America’s greatest Pilot’ Chuck Yeager, first person to break sound barrier, dies at 97

Born in West Virginia in 1923, Yeager rose to fame as a fighter pilot in World War II and, in 1947, was the first person to break the sound barrier.

       
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