Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound on Oct. 14, 1947. Sixty years later, he's still flying — and he hasn't softened with age. Washington Post aviation reporter Del ...
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How Chuck Yeager’s Flight Launched America’s Space Age
The Problem That Grounded the Future By the late 1940s, American aviation had reached a limit literally. Fighter aircra ...
The term "legend" suffers from overuse, but how else to describe Chuck Yeager? The retired Air Force brigadier general, who died Monday at age 97, had a permanent eye twinkle and crinkly grin, coupled ...
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 ...
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OTD in Space - October 14: Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier
On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who made history by flying an aircraft faster than the speed of sound. He made ...
John Venable, who served 25 years in the Air Force, is a senior research fellow for defense policy at The Heritage Foundation. Chuck Yeager, the Air Force pilot who became the first man in history to ...
Ask the average person on the street whom they would regard as the ultimate pilot, and you will typically get one of two answers: Charles Lindbergh and Chuck Yeager. The US Army Air Corps (and later ...
How would you like to send a letter with the help of aviation notable Chuck Yeager? It may be possible in the near future, thanks to a movement underfoot to place the likeness of the brigadier general ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Airport officials and the wife of late General Chuck Yeager are coming together to welcome in newly donated memorabilia that’s continuing to honor the West Virginia native, famous ...
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, ...
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, ...
General Chuck Yeager died on Dec. 7. He was 97 years old. Yeager was the first person to break the sound barrier, and regarded as the greatest test pilot of all time. TPR's Jerry Clayton talked about ...
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