Archives
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
Posted in Air Force, Aviation | Comments Off on Chuck Yeager, Escaping Nazis, Makes it to Gibraltar May 15, 1944
General Yeager Interned in Spain 1944 (from an interview)
Friday, April 16th, 2021Tags: Air Force, Army Air Corps, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, cigarettes, France, Pyrenees, Spain. Alhama de Aragon, West Virginia, World War II, WWII, Yeager
Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on General Yeager Interned in Spain 1944 (from an interview)
Escaping the Gestapo over the Pyrenees Part 2
Sunday, March 28th, 2021Tags: Air Force, Army Air Corps, Basque, flying, France, French border, French Underground, German, Germans, Germany, Gestapo, Glamorous Glen III, huntin', hunting, Maquis, Nazi, Nazis, Pyrenees, sheep, Spain, Spanish, Spanish border, West Virginia, World War II, WWII, Yeager
Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Escaping the Gestapo over the Pyrenees Part 2
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
Posted in Aviation, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Chuck Yeager and Helicopters – Hint: Not his Fave
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
Combat over Berlin March 4, 1944. The Cavalry
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021Tags: Air Force, Berlin, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, England, Fighter Ace, flying with Chuck Yeager, General Chuck Yeager, Glamorus Glen, P-51B, UK, World War II, Yeager
Posted in aerial combat, Air Force, air to air combat, Aviation, combat, England, Fighter pilot, Germany, Hero, Historical, Leiston, UK, World War II, WWII | Comments Off on Combat over Berlin March 4, 1944. The Cavalry
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
Posted in Air Force, Aviation, Historical, Test Pilot, Uncategorized, West Virginia | Comments Off on ARPS – early astronaut training
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
From Chuck Yeager shot down over France
Wednesday, March 7th, 2018Tags: Army Air Corps, Bordeaux, Charles Yeager, Chuck Yeager, flying, flying with Chuck Yeager, France, French Underground, Fw 190, General Chuck Yeager, General Yeager, Maquis, Nerac, P-51, World War II, Yeager
Posted in Air Force, air to air combat, Aviation, Fighter pilot, Flying with Chuck Yeager, Formation Flying, World War II | Comments Off on From Chuck Yeager shot down over France
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
Posted in Air Force, Test Pilot, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Chuck Yeager & M2-F1 Lifting Body