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 ...

Yeager then went on to help command fighter squadrons during the Vietnam War where he was promoted to Brigadier General in 1969, and was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1973.

Yeager reached the rank of brigadier general and in 1997 he marked the 50th anniversary of his historic flight by taking an F-15 past the speed of sound. He then announced that it was his last ...

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.