97-Year-Old Legendary American Pilot Dies: First Person Ever to Break the Speed of Sound

On December 7, according to foreign media reports, legendary American pilot Chuck Yeager passed away. He shot down five German planes in a single day and 13 enemy planes during World War II. After World War II, Yeager served as a test pilot in the Bell X-1, the first supersonic aircraft, and became the first human being to break the speed of sound by breaking the conventional wisdom of flight, and after his death, NASA’s Administrator issued a letter of condolence, thanking him for his contributions to mankind’s exploration of the unknown.