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On Saturday, September 28, AMA Marketing Director Mark Benson, District III Vice President(VP) Randy Adams, Associate Vice President (AVP) Mark Radcliff , and District III members Bryan Poling, Mike Eden, Roy Grimm, and Derek King attended the Chuck Yeager Aviation Day at the Jackson County Airport in Millwood, West Virginia, at the invitation of General…

1st Gen. Chuck Yeager Chapter represented at the WAI2024 Conference West Virginia’s first official WAI chapter has hit the ground running living General Yeager’s motto, “Everyone’s got a job to do”. The chanter and their partners, Jackson County, West Virginia Airport and EAA Chapter 1336, have supported event: Menus anual General Chuck Yeager Aviation Day,…

July 5, 2024 – Interview: Gen. Chuck Yeager’s widow Victoria is part of CA Capitol Airshow July 13 and 14. iheart.com

Pat’s Peeps, March 1, 2024 Ep. 57 Pat Walsh Enjoy’s Breakfast and Conversation with Victoria Yeager: Chuck Yeager’s Widow Discusses Legacy Tales and Sky-High Adventures – From Chuck Yeager Breaking the Sound Barrier to Humble Pies. All that and a trip to the Left Banke. Victoria also discusses the release of her new book “Chuck Yeager:…

By Greg Jordan The United States has a tradition of issuing commemorative postage stamps honoring citizens who have achieved extraordinary things that enriched their country. In 2023, stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service included ones recognizing people such as Ernest J. Gaines, the author of novels including “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and…

MetroNews, December 7, 2023, By Metro News Staff WASHINGTON, D.C. — Famed pilot, West Virginia native Chuck Yeager, died three years ago Thursday and on the anniversary of his death members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation asked the U.S. Postmaster General to issue a commemorative stamp honoring Yeager’s life. Eligibility for a stamp can only…

Office of the Governor of West Virginia, Jim Justice, October 13, 2023 CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice celebrated the completion of a new gold and blue paint scheme on the Charles Chuck Yeager Bridge in Kanawha City, and to commemorate the 76th anniversary of Yeager’s historic breaking of the sound barrier on October 14,…

By Team Mighty Military test pilots are a rare breed, undertaking the responsibility of flying new aircraft to their design limits . . . and then beyond.  In his classic book The Right Stuff Tom Wolfe puts it this way: A career in flying was like climbing one of those ancient Babylonian pyramids made up of a dizzy progression…

By Dorothy Cochrane and P. Ramirez Jacqueline “Jackie” Cochran was the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound. At the time of her death in 1980, she held more speed, altitude, and distance records than any other pilot in aviation history … of any gender.  Cochran didn’t just set records, she helped…

Game Trails (Dallas Safari Club magazine), Spring 2021, By Joe De Silva We at Cape Town Hunting Safaris and Tours had the absolute privilege and honour to have the Late Brigadier General Chuck Yeager and his wife Victoria visit us twice in South Africa. During their visit in 2010, they spent two weeks with us…