Passing of Chuck Yeager
December 08, 2020
Aviation legend Chuck Yeager, who in 1947 became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in level flight, passed away on December 7 2020, aged 97.
On October 14, 1947, while piloting a Bell X-1, then Captain Yeager reached speeds greater than those ever achieved before in human history. Over the Mojave Desert, in a jet named “Glamorous Glennis” after his beloved wife, Captain Yeager flew at speeds in excess of 660 miles per hour.