Morto Chuck Yeager, pilota che ha rotto la barriera del suono - FOTO

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E’ morto a 97 anni Chuck Yeager, il primo pilota a superare in volo la velocità del suonoÈ morto a 97 anni Chuck Yeager, il primo pilota a superare in volo la velocità del suono

FILE - In this 1948 file photo, test pilot Charles E. Yeager, 25, poses for a picture in a jet’s cockpit. Yeager was first to fly faster than the speed of sound. Another Yeager feat, flying a jet under a Charleston, W.Va., bridge in 1948, was not reported by the local media. Yeager died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at age 97. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, file photo, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles Yeager steps into an F-15D for 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. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, file photo, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. 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. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 1987, file photo, retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager unveils a statue of himself, in Hamlin, W.Va., on the 40th anniversary of his historic supersonic flight. Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at age 97. (AP Photo/Steven Wayne Rotsch, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 1985, file photo, Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier in 1947, poses at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in front of the rocket-powered Bell X-IE plane that he flew. Yeager died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at age 97. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

Addio a Charles «Chuck» Yeager, il pilota americano che ha rotto la barriera del suono nel 1947, con un aereo-razzo Bell XS-1. Aveva 97 anni. La sua morte è stata annunciata sul suo account Twitter dalla moglie Vittoria. «Con profondo dolore - scrive - devo dirvi che l’amore della mia vita, il generale Chuck Yeager si è spento poco prima dell 21. Un’incredibile vita vissuta bene, il più grande pilota d’America ed una eredità di forza, avventura e patriottismo, saranno ricordati per sempre».

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