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Gen Chuck Yeager: NF-104 incident: Scraped My Face Every Four Days
Monday, December 20th, 2021Tags: Air Force, CA, California, Chuck Yeager, Col Chuck Yeager, Col Yeager, Edwards AFB, flat spin, General Chuck Yeager, NF-104, United States Air Force, US Air Force, USAF, Yeager
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General Yeager’s Salvation After World War II: the High Sierras
Saturday, November 13th, 2021Tags: 1945, Alps, Army Air Corps, CA, California, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, Edwards AFB, flying, flying with Chuck Yeager, France, General Chuck Yeager, High Sierras, Muroc, Muroc AFB, Pyrenees, Yeager
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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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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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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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Chuck Yeager & M2-F1 Lifting Body
Sunday, December 3rd, 2017Tags: Air Force, Army Air Corps, ARPS, Bikle, CA, California, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, Col Chuck Yeager, Col Yeager, Colonel, Edwards AFB, flying, flying with Chuck Yeager, General Chuck Yeager, General Yeager, lifting body, M2-F1, Milt Thomspon, 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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It Has a Handbook Doesn’t It? F-100 and Crossfield
Monday, September 8th, 2014Tags: Bickle, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, Crossfield, Edwards AFB, Flight Test, NACA, NASA, Paul Bickle, Scott Crossfield
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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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