Nightly News   |  October 15, 2012

Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier at 89

Yeager, who was the first person to break the sound barrier 65 years ago, did it again on Sunday to commemorate his Mach One anniversary. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> and not to be out done by a guy free falling from the edge of space with no aircraft and breaking the sound barrier , chuck yaeger , who broke the sound barrier , now is 89 and did it yesterday for good measure, he was at the controls to remember his anniversary. he pushed the throttle up and over the once mystic mark.