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Chuck Yeager in 1948. The previous year, he became the first pilot to break the sound barrier. Credit…Associated Press

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Chuck Yeager, the most famous test pilot of his generation, who was the first to break the sound barrier and, thanks to Tom Wolfe, came to personify the death-defying aviator who possessed the elusive yet unmistakable “right stuff,” died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 97.

Chuck Yeager in 1948. The previous year, he became the first pilot to break the sound barrier. Credit…Associated Press

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