вЂњI havenвЂ™t yet done everything, but by the time IвЂ™m finished, I wonвЂ™t have missed much,вЂќ he wrote. The trick is to enjoy the years remaining,вЂќ he said in вЂњYeager: An Autobiography.вЂќ вЂњLiving to a ripe old age is not an end in itself. Yeager, from a small town in the hills of West Virginia, flew for more than 60 years, including piloting an F-15 to near 1,000 mph (1,609 kph) at Edwards in October 2002 at age 79. Curtis Bedke, commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards. He was вЂњthe most righteous of all those with the right stuff,вЂќ said Maj. вЂњIn an age of media-made heroes, he is the real deal,вЂќ Edwards Air Force Base historian Jim Young said in August 2006 at the unveiling of a bronze statue of Yeager.

No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done,'вЂќ Bridenstine said. He said, вЂYou donвЂ™t concentrate on risks. YeagerвЂ™s pioneering and innovative spirit advanced AmericaвЂ™s abilities in the sky and set our nationвЂ™s dreams soaring into the jet age and the space age. Yeager's death is вЂњa tremendous loss to our nation,вЂќ NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement. An incredible life well lived, AmericaвЂ™s greatest Pilot, & a legacy of strength, adventure, & patriotism will be remembered forever.вЂќ вЂњIt is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET.

Yeager died Monday, his wife, Victoria Yeager, said on his Twitter account. Charles вЂњChuckвЂќ Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the вЂњright stuffвЂќ when in 1947 he became the first person to fly faster than sound, has died.

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