A campaign is underway to honor aviation legend Brigadier General Chuck Yeager by featuring his likeness on a U.S. postage stamp. The initiative is spearheaded by Allen Holder, a Yeager Airport board ...

Last Dec. 7, the greatest aviator in American history ascended into the heavens. On Friday, joined by my family on Air Force Two, it will be my honor to accompany the widow and earthly remains of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 20—Last week on Oct. 14, an aviation milestone marked its 74th anniversary. On that very day in 1947, a young man and West ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Hal Yeager Jr., Chuck Yeager’s brother, spoke to WSAZ following the Celebration of Life honoring Chuck. Chuck Yeager passed away in December at 97 years old. He was the ...

The article reviews "101 Chuck Yeager-isms," a new book that distills the legendary test pilot's high-stakes aviation experiences into clever, practical analogies. The book is praised for its concise, ...

In history there are people whose legacy becomes larger than life. Ask anyone who built and flew the first airplane, and you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who isn’t at least aware of the ...

In 2006, Edwards Air Force Base unveiled a statue of ace airman Chuck Yeager, and the base’s historian, Jim Young, had just one thing to say about the man who, at the time of his death last week, had ...

Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager joined the U.S. Army in September 1941 out of high school to become an enlisted aircraft mechanic. Within seven years, the Myrna, West Virginia, native would become the first ...

Airbus on Wednesday defeated an appeal by the estate of Chuck Yeager, the U.S. Air Force pilot who broke the sound barrier, accusing the aerospace company of using his name and likeness without ...

(Reuters) - Chuck Yeager, the steely "Right Stuff" test pilot who took aviation to the doorstep of space by becoming the first person to break the sound barrier more than 70 years ago, died on Monday ...

Vice President Mike Pence said he will escort Victoria Yeager, the widow of retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, along with his remains, to his funeral in West Virginia on Friday. Pence, himself ...

Winston Churchill used to advise young people to read “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations,” the oft-updated compilation of brief quotes from just about anyone who said something memorable. Of course, ...