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THIS DAY IN AVIATION HISTORY

General Chuck Yeager Appearing

CR Smith Museum General Yeager is speaking at the CR Smith Museum near Dallas/Ft Worth Airport on July 25, in the afternoon. Check the CR Smith Museum web site for details: (www.crsmithmuseum.org/ ) Lt. Col. Jack Ridley's footlocker, which was recently found, will be presented to the CR Smith Museum in Gen. Yeager's honor.  In 1947, Capt. Jack Ridley was assigned as the Air Force flight test engineer for the attempt to exceed the speed of sound in the X-1-and he continued to work closely with Yeager on a wide range of test programs until the mid-50's.  A brilliant Cal Tech aeronautical engineer, Ridley had the ability to translate arcane technical concepts into laymen’s terms and proposed the "flying tail" X-1 control concept that enabled Chuck Yeager to break the speed of sound on October 14, 1947.

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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
The Charleston Gazette Chuck Yeager: Setting the record straight on buzzing Charleston - Since there have been so many versions of my flying under the South Side Bridge I thought I would explain once and for all what really happened...
Daily Mail Yeager: I buzzed the South Side Bridge - This is a good article on the above published interview.
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.

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