Vice President Mike Pence said he will escort Victoria Yeager, the widow of retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, along with his remains, to his funeral in West Virginia on Friday. Pence, himself ...
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The plane that was never supposed to go faster
On October 14, 1947, a small rocket plane sat waiting over the desert at Muroc Army Air Field. Engineers believed it was ...
Last Sunday Lynnda and I attended the Christmas Luncheon at the West Virginia Radio and TV Museum and Hall of Fame at Huntington. One of the presenters mentioned, “One of my claims to fame is, I was ...
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Bell X-1: How One Weird Plane Shattered the Sound Barrier
The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at ...
Last Dec. 7, the greatest aviator in American history ascended into the heavens. On Friday, joined by my family on Air Force Two, it will be my honor to accompany the widow and earthly remains of ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Friends, family, dignitaries and the community joined together at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center Friday to honor one of the most famous test pilots of his ...
When I saw the trailer for The Right Stuff in a movie theater, I knew what my plans were for opening night—and, oh did that movie deliver! A World War II ace tasked to pilot the Bell X-1—that orange, ...
One of the world's most famous aviators has died: Chuck Yeager — best known as the first to break the sound barrier — died at the age of 97. A message posted to his Twitter account says, "Fr ...
BIRTHDAY FOR ONE OF THE GREATEST NORTHERN CALIFORNIANS. THERE WERE A CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING ONE THIS MORNING. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND, BACK IN ...
A new exhibit on Chuck Yeager coinciding with the 75th anniversary of his breaking the sound barrier has been opened at West Virginia International Yeager Airport. Officials from the airport ...
We’ve lost another great American. Gen. Chuck Yeager, a World War II double fighter ace and the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound, died Monday in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 97. Tom ...
The aviation world is mourning the death of Chuck Yeager, a decorated U.S. Air Force test pilot who became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947. Yeager, 97, was remembered ...
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