Sunday, 27. October 2002
Topic: - on October 27, 2002 at 12:55:06 PM CET
Chuck Yeager still has the right stuff
The 79-year-old legendary test pilot broke the sound barrier yesterday for what he said was the last time, more than a half-century after he became the first person to accomplish the feat. Yeager's first cracking of the sound barrier in 1947 was the crowning achievement in a career that included service in World War II and Vietnam. The feat was immortalized in the movie "The Right Stuff."
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