Chuck Yeager, the man with the ‘right stuff’ to break the sound barrier, dies

Yeager’s first plane ride made him throw up, but he went on to make aviation history in the Bell X-1

08 December 2020 - 20:22
By Bill Trott

Yeager’s first plane ride made him throw up, but he went on to make aviation history in the Bell X-1

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