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Chuck Yeager, the Legendary Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Dies at 97

END OF AN ERA

From bombing raids to becoming the first pilot to break the sound barrier to serving in Vietnam, Yeager’s life was the stuff of legend and Hollywood. He died Monday at 97.

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