American legendary test pilot Yeager died at the age of 97

, December 8th – According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, Chuck Yeegel, the ace pilot of the United States during World War II, died at the age of 97.

In World War II, he set a record for shooting down 12.5 enemy aircraft and was the first pilot to break through the speed of sound, breaking the assertion that interstellar exploration was impossible.