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Yeager Supported EAA In A Variety Of Ways Over A 30-Year Period EAA is mourning the death of Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, one of Americas preeminent aviators who also supported EAA in a variety of ways over a 30-year period. Yeager died Monday evening in California at age 97. Gen. Yeager, EAA Lifetime 258188, was best known as the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound when he flew the Bell X-1 at Mach 1 in October 1947. He also had a decorated military career as an Army Air Forces ace in ...