Brig. Gen. Charles E. Yeager, the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound, died yesterday at the age of 97. In this 1948 photo, the @USAirForce pilot sits in the cockpit of the Bell X-1 supersonic research aircraft.

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Yeager wrote detailed notes after his record-breaking flight in the XS-1, an experimental aircraft being tested at Muroc airfield in the California desert.

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Yeager flew the chase plane for his friend Jacqueline Cochran on May 18, 1953, when she became the first woman to break the sound barrier. His bill for expenses included the replacement of chickens that stampeded when her low-flying Sabre jet flew over a ranch.

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In 2013, Yeager visited the National Archives in College Park with a film crew who were working on a documentary. He was able to see some of his official aviation records, now part of the holdings of the National Archives.

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