On December 7, according to foreign media reports, legendary American pilot Chuck Yeager passed away. Yeager held the title of "Ace Pilot" during World War II. He once shot down 5 German planes in a single day. During World War II, he shot down 13 enemy planes. After World War II, Yeager served as a test pilot and flew the Bell X-1, the first supersonic aircraft. He broke people's conventional imagination of flight at the time and became the first human being to break the speed of sound. The administrator of NASA issued a message of condolence after his death, thanking him for his contribution to human exploration of the unknown. ?

In addition to being well-known in the U.S. Air Force, Yeager also loved to keep flying in his later years, and was featured in the movie "The Right Stuff" commemorating this record-setting feat. Played a role in. The movie "True Talent" describes the deeds of Chuck Yeager, who later became an Air Force Brigadier General. His death caused many American dignitaries and generals to express their condolences. He was 97 years old at that time. A tweet posted on Yeager's official Twitter account said he died on Monday. Yeager's wife, actress Victoria Scott D'Angelo, wrote: "I am deeply saddened to tell you that the love of my life, General Chuck Yeager, passed away just before 9 p.m. ET . ?He represented an incredibly good life, he was America's greatest aviator, and he left a legacy of strength, adventure, and patriotism that he will forever be remembered for. Charles Ellwood Chuck Yeager was born on February 13, 1923 in Mira, West Virginia. In an interview with Forbes in 2017, Yeager said that he started out as a very talented mechanic and did not see an airplane for the first time until he was 18 years old.

On October 14, 1947, Yeager, who participated in the United States' challenging but extremely dangerous supersonic test flight program, became the first person in the world to break the sound barrier. At that time, the Bell X-1 test aircraft piloted by Yeager was dropped from a B-29 bomber flying over California. Then he turned on the rocket engine of the aircraft and soared to 1,127 kilometers per hour. He broke the sound barrier for the first time and became the first person in the world to fly at supersonic speeds. ?

Actor Sam Shepard played Yeager in the 1983 film "The Right Stuff," which told the story of the early U.S. space program and the seven Mercury astronauts. But Yeager himself had never flown in space.

Since then, Yeager has been gradually promoted to brigadier general. After retirement, Yeager continued to fly and chose to return to the fighter force regularly during his advanced years, enjoying supersonic flights aboard a two-seat fighter piloted by a young pilot. This has almost become an unwritten tradition in the U.S. Air Force, and many people regard Yeager's annual supersonic flight as a festive event that must happen.