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Legendary airman Chuck Yeager dead at 97
By Kenneth Garger & Tamar Lapin
Chuck Yeager, 'America's greatest pilot', dies aged 97
By Harriet Alexander
Chuck Yeager sat down with USA TODAY in 2012, still spry and feisty
By Marco della Cava
Chuck Yeager, pilot who broke the sound barrier, dies at 97
By Joe Sutton, Pete Muntean & Hollie Silverman
Chuck Yeager, pilot who was first to break sound barrier, dies at 97
By Martin Farrer & Peter Beaumont