Chuck Yeager was an American brigadier general ... On November 20, 1953, American naval officer Albert Scott Crossfield reached twice the speed of sound. Yeager and Jack Ridley became determined ...

Chuck Yeager, the legendary pilot and retired ... When a Navy pilot named Scott Crossfield became the first man to break Mach 2, Yeager and fellow Air Force pilot Jack Ridley ramped up the record ...

US test pilot Chuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier, has died aged 97, his wife says. In a tweet, Victoria Yeager wrote: "It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life ...