Chuck Yeager's Death
Born (Birthday) February 13, 1923
Death Date December 7, 2020
Age of Death 97 years
Cause of Death Natural Causes
Place of Death Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession Pilot
The pilot Chuck Yeager died at the age of 97. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Brigadier General and American test pilot who became the first person confirmed to break the sound barrier. The plane he used was the Bell X-1.
He began his career as a private in the United States Army Air Forces.
He worked his way up to the rank of P-51 Mustang fighter pilot during the World War II years.
Quotes
""If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing."
""When I was picked to fly the X-1, it was my duty to fly it, and I did."
""What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening and correct it."
""It wasn't that the X-1 would kill you, it was the systems in the X-1 that would kill you."
""The one word you use in military flying is duty. It's your duty. You have no control over outcome, no control over pick-and-choose. It's duty."