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Legendary pilot first speeding off plane – Abroad – News

“It is with great sadness that I must inform you that shortly before 9 p.m., the love of my life, General Chuck Jaeger, has passed away,” said Jaeger’s widow Victoria on Twitter.

She does not mention the cause of death.

Jaeger went down in history when, in 1947, flying the experimental aircraft “Bell X-1” became the first person to exceed the speed of sound, thus also paving the way for the US space program.

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