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In His Own Words: Emmett Hatch, black pilot, in Chuck Yeager’s Squadron 1950’s

In his own words from Yeager, An Autobiography pp 290-297: “The Air Force had only been integrated seven or eight years by the time I became a fighter pilot. I came up through the ranks as an enlisted man, the same as Chuck Yeager, but it wasn’t easy for me as a black man. There…

Before Testing the MiG 15 – Korea – Chuck Yeager

This evening this was one of many stories General Yeager related to me: While prepping to test the MiG in Korea, a staff car came up. Gen Boyd got out. Pouring w/rain. Gen Boyd to me: Come here I want you to meet somebody. It was a 4 star general. 4 star general to me:…

Flying Pennsylvania Ave, Wash., DC for General/Mamie Eisenhower

General Yeager had agreed to serve as Grand Marshal for the National Memorial Day Parade 2012. He was honored to accept on behalf of and representing veterans to honor those who had died. Just before the Parade started, he was asked to speak. So that is how General Yeager came to be standing in front…

How Can I Bust my Butt, How can I Prevent It? Chuck Yeager’s Advice Re Flying: Rule 1:

From Chuck Yeager: I used to & still do think: How can I bust my butt? How can I prevent it? The X-1 did not have any redundancy re ejecting the fuel. If you didn’t eject all the fuel before landing, you were landing a bomb with gear not stressed for the weight – so…

Gabriel – head of the Neracais French Maquis

Gabriel was larger than life. Gabriel LaPeyrusse, Mayor of Nerac, head of the Maquis during World War II, was one of many who protected and saved my husband during World War II. General Yeager and I visited his house recently. It’s a pretty and historic house with a large yard. The fields behind it used…

Why Chuck Yeager is an American Hero by Bob Crowley

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Bob Crowley <bobcrowley@att.net> wrote: A few years back, I wrote this piece for the WBAP-AM website: General Chuck Yeager is coming to town February 11th. He will be giving a talk at the C.R. Smith Museum near D-FW Airport. I have had the opportunity to hear a past lecture at…

Photos from Yeagers’ South Africa trip

Just got some photos I had taken in South Africa and some taken by another of us. What a great time we had! So many people were very appreciative of us visiting South Africa. And we thoroughly enjoyed all the wonderful people we met. Here are a few photos of Tokyo Sexwale, a very positive, enthusiastic,…

No fly day

General Yeager and I planned to eat lunch and then go fly. We did a couple errands after lunch since we were early – plane was booked. When we got to the airport, it was 108 degrees. Wow! Hot! The diamond has a bubble canopy that bakes you and it had been closed for a…

Tribute to Mae, Max, our childhood neighbor BC mostly

neighbor, Max, Mae

Practicing landings & Patty Wagstaff

Patty Wagstaff slipping sideways to runway. Landings.