Americans, including Vice President Mike Pence, today remembered a West Virginia legend whose many legendary accomplishments can only be summed up with one phrase, “The Right Stuff.” “The life of ...
Retired Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (February 13, 1923 - December 7, 2020) was a former United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot. In 1947, he became the ...
It takes a tough man to race sound — and win. Chuck Yeager was a tough man. They asked him to hop into a plane, and he did, ready to be propelled into the unknown. The X-1 aircraft moved faster than ...
All across the globe Chuck Yeager’s 100th birthday was celebrated. Here at home, Marshall University's Bill Noe Flight School did its part by doing a formation flyby. Yeager died Dec. 7, 2020, at the ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Senate Floor Senator Joe Manchin spoke on the Senate floor in honor of General Charles “Chuck” Yeager’s 90th birthday. What are some details of Chuck ...
Winston Churchill used to advise young people to read “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations,” the oft-updated compilation of brief quotes from just about anyone who said something memorable. Of course, ...
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – A Celebration of Life for Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager is set to take place at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center today, Jan. 15 at noon. You can watch the full memorial ...
In the recent New York Times obituary of Chuck Yeager, the war hero and test pilot who in 1947 broke the sound barrier, Yeager is quoted sounding ambivalent about possessing “the right stuff.” Author ...
Winston Churchill used to advise young people to read “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations,” the oft-updated compilation of brief quotes from just about anyone who said something memorable. Of course, ...