Victoria Yeager
ARPS – early astronaut training
In late 1961, we were ready to screen applicants for our first class at the space school, and because they would be the first bunch, the screening process was particularly thorough. We wanted only the very best pilots, and our first couple of classes consisted of experienced military test pilots, who had graduated from Edwards’…
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One Shot Whitetail Hunt
October 25-27, 2017 – West Virginia Governor’s 11th Annual “One Shot Whitetail Hunt”. General Yeager once again supported this annual charitable event to raise money and provide food for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources “Hunters Helping the Hungry” program, which provides thousands of pounds of venison to needy families across the…
Read MoreAIAA Stem Teacher Grants – How to Obtain One
AIAA STEM Teacher Grants – $500 grant competition open to elementary and secondary school teachers to augment funding for procuring materials and supplies for enhancing STEM education. Here is all you have to do to qualify: 1) Join AIAA as an Educator Associate (it’s free) at aiaa.org 2) Email a proposal (2 pages maximum,…
Read MoreMarch 1944 Escaped Nazis – Make it to Spain
I wake from a deep sleep to knocking on the door. I freeze. Where am I? It slowly comes back. It was not a dream- I should be in Spain. I made it over the Pyrenees without getting caught. Who is at the door, though? I cautiously move toward the door, scanning the room for…
Read MoreMarch 1944 Escaping Germans – a farmhouse in Spain
General Chuck Yeager: Having been shot down March 5, 1944 and hidden with the French underground, I was now carrying a fellow airman over the Pyrenees, the story picks up in Spain, not out of the woods yet. After catnapping, I dragged and carried the airman for what seemed like hours. We were starving. We…
Read MoreMeeting Donald Trump – he was a Gracious Gentleman
About 25 years ago, I was at a glamorous “Hollywood” luncheon at the Beverly Hilton hotel, standing in the back watching the show, looking at the fabulously rich women and what they chose to wear. I’ve always marveled that with all that money – it doesn’t mean good taste. I found out the guys standing…
Read MoreChuck Yeager: Where I Was on December 7, 1941 When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
General Chuck Yeager’s words: I had entered the Army Air Corps September 9, 1941, fresh out of high school and a summer of working with Dad, chores, huntin’, swimmin’ and fishin’. On December 7, 1941; I was stationed at Moffett Field in California, still a crew chief, although I had applied for pilot training. Jimmy…
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