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Arboglyph by a youthful Chuck Yeager found near June Lake, CA (submitted by a fan). Gen. Yeager is pleased to see the tree is still healthy and thriving, and has planted many more trees (including two cottonwoods at his home at Edwards when he was a Colonel)

Photo's from the August 17, 2009, Edwards Air Show, where Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager was the star of the show. He and Maj. Gen. Joe Engle opened the show with a pair of sonic booms from their F-16 aircraft flying high above the crowd at 30,000 ft. Air show officials put the one-day attendance at a whopping 225,000 people (plus another 50,000 who tried to enter the base but were turned away). That's 4 times the attendance of the last Edwards show (which was two days in duration). Click here for the base article on the event. Gen. Yeager after opening the air show with a sound barrier busting F-16 at 30,000 ft Chuck & Victoria Yeager at the air show

Latest Articles about General Chuck Yeager
West Virginia Executive, Volume 1, 2010 With his fabled 1/16 Cherokee Indian heritage and 20/7 eyesight, the six-year-old boy stealthily moved among the trees and then hid as he spied a gray squirrel gathering acorns, unaware of its predator. The boy carefully aimed with precision. Tonight their family would have protein for dinner. It was 1929...
Edwards Air Show, October 17, 2009 Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager was the star of the show. He and Maj. Gen. Joe Engle opened the show with a pair of sonic booms from their F-16 aircraft flying high above the crowd at 30,000 ft. Air show officials put the one-day attendance at a whopping 200,000 people! That's about 4 times the attendance of the last Edwards show (which was two days in duration).
NPR Morning Edition, March 16, 2009 NPR's JJ Sutherland interviews Chuck Yeager for his article on the history of fighter pilots in the Air Force. Click here for the MP3 audio (1MB).
Men's Journal, January 2009 Issue Chuck Yeager, the greatest pilot in military history weighs in on breaking the sound barrier and butterscotch pie.
President Obama Compares New Air Force One Pilot to Chuck Yeager January 25, 2009, by Jesus Diaz (Gizmodo Blog) - Commander-In-Chief meets the 747's Commander for the first time: "You're exactly what I want the pilot of Air Force One to look like. You look like Sam Shepard [the actor who played Chuck Yeager] in The Right Stuff," the President says. Indeed he does. And he could have been Yeager himself, as only the finest pilots...can be on command of this plane...

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