Description Senator Joe Manchin spoke on the Senate floor in honor of General Charles “Chuck” Yeager’s 90th birthday. Bell Ringer Assignment Additional Resources ...

He was 97. Yeager died Monday, his wife, Victoria, said on his Twitter account. "It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET.

Defying the so-called “sound barrier,” the Bell X-1's flight with Chuck Yeager at the controls pushed human flight into the supersonic age. This mission forever changed the limits of speed ...