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For the Aviation category.The Right Stuff & Chuck Yeager’s NF-104 incident
Monday, December 12th, 2022Tags: Chuck Yeager, Col Chuck Yeager, Col Yeager, General Chuck Yeager, Maverick, NF-104, The Right STuff, Top Gun, Yeager
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Chuck Yeager, Escaping Nazis, Makes it to Gibraltar May 15, 1944
Sunday, May 16th, 2021Tags: Air Force, Army Air Corps, Atlantic Ocean, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, flying, flying with Chuck Yeager, France, French, French Milice, French police, French Underground, General Chuck Yeager, General Yeager, Germans, Germany, Gestapo, Gibraltar, Madrid, Mediterranean, Milice, Nazi, Nazis, P-51, police, Pyrenees, Rock of Gibraltar, Spain, Spain. Alhama de Aragon, train, West Virginia, World War II, WWII, Yeager
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Chuck Yeager and Helicopters – Hint: Not his Fave
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021Tags: Alaska, Australia, beach, bear, beluga, California, Canberra, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, culling, Dick Smith, eagles, Edwards AFB, Fishing, flying, flying with Chuck Yeager, General Branch, Grand Canyon, Hawaii, helicopter, High Sierras, Hilo, huntin', hunting, hunting pigs, Kona, lava, lava flow, nude beach, pigs, pilot, Sydney, Sydney Harbour, Tunnel Meadows, Twig, ultralight, volcano, whale, whitewater rafting, wolves, Yeager
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Gestapo is Coming
Monday, March 15th, 2021Tags: Air Force, Army Air Corps, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, flying with Chuck Yeager, France, French Underground, Germans, Glamorous Glen III, Maquis, Nerac, P-51, World War II, WWII, Yeager
Posted in Allemand, Allemands, Aviation, escape, France, French underground, Germans, Hero, Historical, Maquis, Milice, Milice française, Nazi, Nazis, World War II, WWII | Comments Off on Gestapo is Coming
Gabriel, head of French Underground Threatens F/O Yeager With his Life
Friday, March 12th, 2021Posted in Air Force, Allemand, Allemands, Aviation, France, French underground, Friends, German, Germans, Germany, Hero, Historical, Milice française, Nazi, Nazis, World War II, WWII | Comments Off on Gabriel, head of French Underground Threatens F/O Yeager With his Life
Flight Officer (F/O) Yeager Makes Way to Nerac to Evade Nazis
Thursday, March 11th, 2021Tags: bicycle
Posted in Air Force, Allemand, Allemands, Aviation, combat, escape, Fighter pilot, France, French underground, Friends, German, Germans, Germany, Hero, Historical, Maquis, Milice, Milice française, Nazi, Nazis, Pompogne, World War II, WWII | Comments Off on Flight Officer (F/O) Yeager Makes Way to Nerac to Evade Nazis
6-9 mars 1944: Caché à la vue de tous à Casteljaloux et à Pompogne à Vélo
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021Posted in aerial combat, Air Force, air to air combat, Allemand, Allemands, Aviation, combat, Cours-les-Bains, escape, Fighter pilot, Food, Formation Flying, France, French underground, Friends, German, Germans, Germany, Hero, Historical, Kindness, Maquis, Milice, Milice française, Nazi, Nazis, Pompogne, World War II, WWII | Comments Off on 6-9 mars 1944: Caché à la vue de tous à Casteljaloux et à Pompogne à Vélo
March 6-9 Hiding in Plain Sight from Germans and French Milice
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021Posted in Air Force, air to air combat, Aviation, combat, Daily Life with Chuck Yeager, escape, Fighter pilot, Formation Flying, France, French underground, Friends, German, Germans, Germany, Hero, Historical, Maquis, Milice, Nazi, Nazis, Pompogne, World War II, WWII | Comments Off on March 6-9 Hiding in Plain Sight from Germans and French Milice
Germans at the Door – Escape and Evasion Continues
Sunday, March 7th, 2021Posted in aerial combat, Air Force, air to air combat, Aviation, combat, Cours-les-Bains, Eisenhower, escape, Fighter pilot, Flying with Chuck Yeager, France, French underground, General Eisenhower, Hero, Historical, Maquis, Milice, Nazi, Nazis, World War II, WWII | Comments Off on Germans at the Door – Escape and Evasion Continues
General Yeager Leads Fly By for General Eisenhower’s Memorial – in his own words
Sunday, March 7th, 2021Posted in Air Force, Aviation, Eisenhower, Fighter pilot, Fly by, Flying with Chuck Yeager, Formation Flying, Friends, General Eisenhower, Historical, Missing Man, President Eisenhower, Public Appearance | Comments Off on General Yeager Leads Fly By for General Eisenhower’s Memorial – in his own words