Pete Everest & Chuck Yeager were not rivals. They were friends. Pete Everest was not the one to break Chuck Yeager's record. Mel Apt was the 1st to fly MACH 3. #ChuckYeager #WestVirginia WVU Mountaineers · Let's Go! therealwv.com/2025/08/08/thi…

General Chuck Yeager said that #NASA was good at unmanned space exploration as opposed to their dismal preventable accident record on manned space travel NASA #Accident

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True story. The real Chuck Yeager

80 years ago today, Japanese Emperor Hirohito, in a radio address to the empire, announced the Japanese government’s surrender. World War II in the Pacific had come to an end. More from National WWII Museum: s.si.edu/3SMEaRO

Read this recently - not sure it's true but it is something Chuck Yeager could have done: A story about Chuck Yeager. He did a stint as squadron commander. When he arrived at the airbase, he watched the squadron land. Afterwards, he called all the pilots together, got a bucket of

Aug 12, 1946 – President Harry Truman signs a bill authorizing an appropriation of $50,000 to establish a National Air Museum in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C. The small museum eventually becomes the National Air and Space Museum – The most visited museum in the

Chuck Yeager, as an evadee got first choice, chose Wright Patterson, closest base to his home. And the rest is history. #ChuckYeager

August 17, 1943 – World War II – The U. S. 8th Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission. General Chuck Yeager often burst wannabes' bubbles when they'd say to him they wish they had been fighter pilots in WWII. "21 of the 30 guys I went over

August 17, 1943 – World War II – The U. S. 8th Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission. General Chuck Yeager often burst wannabes' bubbles when they'd say to him they wish they had been fighter pilots in WWII. "21 of the 30 guys I went over

Happy Birthday to the legendary Apollo project programmer and computer scientist, Margaret Hamilton. 🎉

General Chuck Yeager SR-71B Ride August 05, 1983 flickr.com/photos/pacific… #ChuckYeager #Blackbird #USAF U.S. Air Force #USA

#OTD #NationalAviationDay – 1st established in 1939 by President FD Roosevelt to acknowledge the Orville Wright's birthday. Today is a great day to recognize aviation's importance to all humankind. (T-shirts for sale - email [email protected])

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70 year old film footage of USAF jets in flight set to the music of Gustav Holst, featuring aerobatics by Chuck Yeager . Awe inspiring. The flying and the filming. #ChuckYeager

Chuck Yeager liked Joe Walker. Yeager was very angry at the preventable accident that killed Joe Walker. #ChuckYeager

August 2025: BLMC fundraising dinner for the airmen/women at Beale AFB. Northrup Grumman table & next day golf tournament. Raised most money ever at the dinner. Victoria donated 2 books for live auction. #ChuckYeager