WWII Fighter Ace, America's hero, The Right Stuff. 1st person past Mach 1 Mach 2, huntin', fishin', author. His wife/wingman keeping Gen Yeager's legacy alive

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Chuck Yeager retweeted
🏎️ A Test Pilot in a Flying Car! 🎥 Would you ride in the new Flying Roadster by @Tesla ⁉️ It was a fun Nightcap question to answer with @tracegallagher, @FoxNews & @foxnewsnight 📺 Earlier in the show I was asked about the Houthis and Counter Drug Activities in Latin America (see the link in the comments). But as a test pilot, this topic was a lot more fun! @WhiteHouse @realDonaldTrump @POTUS @VP @StateDept @DeptofWar @SecRubio @elonmusk @SpaceX @usairforce @EdwardsAFB @GenChuckYeager @VictoriaYeage11 @USSpaceForce #musk #elonmusk #tesla #spacex #roadster #flyingcars #testpilots #flighttest #yeager
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@airandspBryan & Sally are/were good friends. After General Yeager passed, I visited them for a few days. Their kindness & shared memories as I was heavily grieving were/are very much appreciated. Sally was amazing - Renaissance woman. #bozemandaily #bozemanmontana #Montana #ChuckYeager bozemandailychronicle.com/ou…
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#OTD October 14, 1947 Captain Chuck Yeager defies the odds, does not break up into tiny pieces but instead breaks the sound barrier!!! Thus breaking the space barrier & continuing America's air superiority. #SpaceX #soundbarrier #ChuckYeager #usa @elonmusk Without Chuck Yeager being so bold & risking his life & limb, Elon Musk would not have @SpaceX or @Starlink & @JeffBezos would not have @blueorigin @SpaceXStarlink @amazon chuckyeager.com/the-bell-x-1
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#OTD #Combat October 12, 1944: General Chuck Yeager becomes an ace in a day. The Stars & Stripes newspaper headline is: Flyer Vindicates Ike's Ruling (let Chuck Yeager back on combat after being shot down, evading the Nazis, and returning to England). #ChuckYeager #Star @USATODAY @USArmy
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General Chuck Yeager Aviation Day Great day! Very successful. Great attendance. First photo - After Victoria Yeager's very well-received talk, Victoria gave Hope Sharps the AFA General Chuck Yeager Chapter's 2006 Teacher of the Year Award. Victoria had spoken to Ms Sharps' school's (Ravenswood) eighth grade class. They loved launching the model gliders.
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September 8, 1947 Chuck Yeager's & USAF's 3rd flight of the XS-1 Total flights: #43 Tail No.: 46-062 #ChuckYeager #BellXS1 The "XS" is for experimental
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Chuck Yeager retweeted
A dying star left behind a cosmic roar 🦁 @NASAWebb’s images of nebula NGC 2392 reveal intricate shells of gas and dust shaped by a central white dwarf star. In about 10,000 years, it will disperse into space, but first, Webb caught the fleeting moment. go.nasa.gov/4d2WKiy
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As Chuck Yeager said, "Hell, we were fighting a war at .8 MACH." (The prior test pilot had barely made it to that speed.)
29 août - 1947 : 41ème vol du X-1 avec @GenChuckYeager Son premier vol motorisé sur cet appareil et il atteint Mach 0,8 - 1954 : 1er vol officiel du X-1B avec John McKay comme pilote. Le X-1B effectuera en tout 27 vols (le dernier avec Neil Armstrong en janvier 1958)
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Who's going? We're going to have great fun!
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#OTD 8/24/1961: Jacqueline Cochran set a new speed record for women, flying the Northrop T-38 Talon, with @GenChuckYeager documenting the event, flying an F-100 Super Sabre chase plane behind her: airandspace.si.edu/stories/e… #aviation #WomeninSTEM @TheNinetyNines
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Col Yeager flew this airplane #ChuckYeager
55 years ago today, the M2-F3 lifting body went supersonic for the first time. The rocket-powered M2-F3 was launched from beneath a B-52 mothercraft at an altitude of 45,000 feet and would glide to a landing. This photo of it launching from a B-52 was taken earlier that month.
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Katherine Johnson #OTD in 1918. As a mathematician who calculated trajectories for some of NASA’s most important missions, her contribution to history cannot be overstated, though it was overlooked for decades. More on her legacy: s.si.edu/4oKqHIy
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Would not have been possible without many of the test pilots at Edwards AFB like Chuck Yeager who risked his life to break the sound barrier. #ChuckYeager #soundbarrier
On this day in 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts were given a heroes' welcome in New York City with a ticker-tape parade through the Canyon of Heroes.
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Chuck Yeager retweeted
The easiest and quickest way to boost the working class is to stop sending money to other countries and abolish the federal income tax. That money would instantly go into the hands of the people who are the backbone of this country.
Abolish the federal income tax!
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August 6, 1947 (Flight #38): First unpowered glide flight by Chuck Yeager, dropping from a B-29. August 7, 1947 (Flight #39): Second unpowered glide flight. #ChuckYeager #X1 #August
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August 8, 1947 (Flight #40): Chuck Yeager's third unpowered glide flight. rightstuffstore.com to purchase this t-shirt #ChuckYeager #X1
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Who's going?
General Chuck Yeager Aviation Day Sept 5, 2026 8am-3pm Jackson County Airport, Millwood, WV Take Flight at General Chuck Yeager Aviation Day! 📷 Discover the thrill of aviation career opportunities right here in West Virginia! Step into the pilot's seat with our RC Flight Simulator, get hands-on instructor-led flying experience, and watch a spectacular RC Air Show by master pilots. Perfect for students and adults alike—bring the family for a fun day in the skies!
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General Chuck Yeager Aviation Day Sept 5, 2026 8am-3pm Jackson County Airport, Millwood, WV Take Flight at General Chuck Yeager Aviation Day! 📷 Discover the thrill of aviation career opportunities right here in West Virginia! Step into the pilot's seat with our RC Flight Simulator, get hands-on instructor-led flying experience, and watch a spectacular RC Air Show by master pilots. Perfect for students and adults alike—bring the family for a fun day in the skies!
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Chuck Yeager said NASA was at its best when doing UNmanned space flight. They risked lives needlessly in their operation of manned space flight.
It may not look like much, but this is the first close-up image ever taken of Mars. On this day in 1965, Mariner 4 became the first spacecraft to fly by Mars and capture a close-up image of its surface: s.si.edu/44nOROz
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