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What to do???? Without Pitch Control, Can’t Break the Sound Barrier
Sunday, October 10th, 2021Tags: Air Force, Army Air Corps, Bob Hoover, CA, California, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, Colonel Al Boyd, crew chief, Dick Frost, dry lakebed, Edwards AFB, flying, flying with Chuck Yeager, General Chuck Yeager, General Yeager, Jack Ridley, Jack Russell, Muroc, Rogers Dry Lake, X-1, Yeager
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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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1947: Recording the Shock Wave on the X-1
Monday, October 13th, 2014Tags: Chuck Yeager, Jack Ridley, X-1, XS-1
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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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Huntin’ for Bear – 1947
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013Tags: Air Force, Army Air Corps, bear, bears, Bob Hoover, CA, California, Chuck Yeager, Col Russ Schleeh, Colonel Russ Schleeh, Colonel Schleeh, Edwards, Edwards AFB, Edwards Air Force Base, Hoover, huntin', huntin' bear, hunting bear, Jack Ridley, Lt Hoover, Ridley, Russ Schleeh, Victoria Yeager, Wildlife, Yeager
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The Hell There Ain’t….
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013Tags: Air Force, Army Air Corps, Bell X-1, break the sound barrier, CA, California, Chuck Yeager, Fire, fire warning light, flying, flying with Chuck Yeager, General Yeager, Jack Ridley, MACH 1, nitrogen, Ridley, Sound barrier, Victoria Yeager, warning light, X-1, Yeager
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