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For the Historical category.Great Aviatrix, Pancho Barnes, in Chuck Yeager’s Own Words
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021Posted in Air Force, air to air combat, Aviation, Aviation Maintenance, combat, Daily Life with Chuck Yeager, Edwards AFB, Famous People, Fighter pilot, Fishing, Food, Friends, Historical, Humor, Huntin', Muroc Air Base, Pancho Barnes, Test Pilot | Comments Off on Great Aviatrix, Pancho Barnes, in Chuck Yeager’s Own Words
I Never Lost a Pilot While Flying Chase by Chuck Yeager
Wednesday, February 24th, 2021Posted in Air Force, Aviation, Daily Life with Chuck Yeager, Edwards AFB, Flying with Chuck Yeager, Hero, Historical, Muroc Air Base, Test Pilot | Comments Off on I Never Lost a Pilot While Flying Chase by Chuck Yeager
ARPS – early astronaut training
Sunday, July 14th, 2019Tags: 1961, A, Aerospace Research pilot school, Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff, ARPS, Astronaut, astronaut training, black, black pilot. African American, Bobby Kennedy, Chief of Staff, civil rights, Col Yeager, Colonel Chuck Yeager, Deputy Chief of Staff, Ed Dwight, Eddie Lavelle, Edwards AFB, Emmett Hatch, General Chuck Yeager, General Curtis LeMay, General LeMay, hillbilly, Jack Ridley, John F. Kennedy, LeMay, prejudice, President Kennedy, redneck, Robert F. Kennedy, space, Test pilot school, White House, Yeager
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In His Own Words: Emmett Hatch, black pilot, in Chuck Yeager’s Squadron 1950’s
Friday, July 12th, 2019Tags: Air Force, black, black pilot. African American, Chuck Yeager, Emmett Hatch, flying, flying with Chuck Yeager, Germany, gunnery, gunnery meet, Squadron, squadron commander, Tripoli, West Virginia, Wheelus, Yeager
Posted in aerial combat, Air Force, air to air combat, Aviation, Aviation Maintenance, Fighter pilot, Flying with Chuck Yeager, Formation Flying, Hero, Historical, Humor, Huntin', Hunting, Role model, Test Pilot, Uncategorized | Comments Off on In His Own Words: Emmett Hatch, black pilot, in Chuck Yeager’s Squadron 1950’s
March 1944 Escaping Germans – a farmhouse in Spain
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016Tags: Air Force, Army Air Corps, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, farm, France, French Underground, General Chuck Yeager, General Yeager, Guardia Civil, Maquis, Pyrenees, Sort, Spain, Tori D'Angelo, Victoria D'Angelo, Victoria Scott D'Angelo, World War II, WWII, Yeager
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Broken Ribs Before Breaking the Sound Barrier
Monday, October 13th, 2014Tags: broken ribs, CA, Chuck Yeager, doctor, Edwards AFB, flight doctor, Glamorous Glennis, Jack Ridley, supersonic, USAF, veterinarian, X-1
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Capt Yeager meets Howard Hughes
Saturday, September 13th, 2014Tags: Air Force, airplane, Army Air Corps, aviator, CA, California, Chuck Yeager, Edwards AFB, floating plane, flying, flying with Chuck Yeager, General Chuck Yeager, General Yeager, H1, Henry Kaiser, Howard Hughes, record, speed, Spruce Goose, Yeager
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Training Jackie Cochran-to Become 1st Woman to Break Sound Barrier
Sunday, May 18th, 2014Tags: Capt Yeager, Captain Yeager, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, F-86, flying, flying with Chuck Yeager, General Chuck Yeager, General Yeager, Jackie Cochran, Sabre, Yeager
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B-51 – Chuck Yeager & Russ Schleeh
Saturday, May 17th, 2014Tags: Air Force, Army Air Corps, B-51, CA, California, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, flying, flying with Chuck Yeager, Martin XB-51, XB-51
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Chuck Yeager – F-100D
Wednesday, April 30th, 2014Tags: Air Force, airplane, Army Air Corps, CA, California, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, Edwards AFB, F-100, F-100 D, F-100D, F100, flying, flying with Chuck Yeager, General Yeager, jet
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