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Dick Rutan, who set an aviation milestone when he flew nonstop around the world, is dead at 85
Read full article: Dick Rutan, who set an aviation milestone when he flew nonstop around the world, is dead at 85Dick Rutan, along with copilot Jeana Yeager, completed one of the greatest milestones in aviation history: the first round-the-world flight with no stops or refueling.
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Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97
Read full article: Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97Gen. Charles Yeager talks to members of the media following a re-enactment flight commemorating his breaking of the sound barrier 65 years earlier, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at age 97. Yeager died Monday, his wife, Victoria Yeager, said on his Twitter account. Among the flights he made after breaking the sound barrier was one on Dec. 12. President Harry S. Truman awarded him the Collier air trophy in December 1948 for his breaking the sound barrier. ___This version corrects that Yeager flew an F-15, not an X-15, when he was 79.