The article celebrates Chuck Yeager as a legendary test pilot known for daring feats like breaking the sound barrier and setting altitude records. It reviews his book, "101 Chuck Yeager-isms," which ...

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 ...

Frank Borman did not expect to hear a congratulations from Chuck Yeager one day in 1962—and that’s just as well because he didn’t get one. It wasn’t a surprise that Yeager wouldn’t extend much ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Back in 1947, there were a lot of firsts: The average (median) income was $3,000, the Polaroid Corporation introduced its very first instant-developing camera, an unidentified flying object crashed in ...

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, ...

(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 ...