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Uganda Trip April 2025

By Victoria Yeager / April 30, 2025

Victoria just returned from Uganda where she was teaching aviation to Batwa tribe kids aged 3-17 and teachers. Gleim Aviation & WozEd donated foam airplanes. Victoria was also visiting the hospital built by Americans and the refugee camp from the war in the Congo. Setting up email “penpals” with American kids. For more information to donate…

Before Testing the MiG 15 – Korea – Chuck Yeager

By Victoria Yeager / August 22, 2013

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:…

Photos from Yeagers’ South Africa trip

By Victoria Yeager / December 29, 2010

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,…

Fishing on the Tsiu – third day

By Victoria Yeager / September 10, 2010

c. GCYI           Photo taken by Victoria Yeager The next day, General Yeager and I headed down 7 miles to the mouth of the river. Each year it changes – a couple years ago, it was 4 miles to the mouth. We ran into the others from the lodge coming back – they had started at the ungodly hour of…

Chris Golden – Oak Ridge Boy

By Victoria Yeager / September 9, 2010

  Photo by Patty Wagstaff. Fr left to rt: William Lee Golden, Donny Carr (lead guitar), Chuck Yeager, Chris Golden, Chris Nole (keyboard) Chris is the son of William Lee Goldin. He gave K and J a copy of one of his CDs in Oroville where General Yeager introduced the Oak Ridge Boys. When General Yeager got…

Fishing on the Tsiu, Beachcombing on the Pacific, Alaska

By Victoria Yeager / September 9, 2010

The next day, it threatened rain. Many had gone duck hunting. We ate breakfast, put on our gear, got into the cart, and, while I was thinking maybe I’ll stay back and read about Eddie Rickenbacker…it POURED rain. Sigh. We got to the Big Bend where we could see LOTS of fish that had gotten…

Jimmy Fulbright loans his long brown hair to General Chuck Yeager

By Victoria Yeager / August 25, 2010

Jimmy lends General Chuck Yeager hair

Fishing in Alaska by Helicopter

By Victoria Yeager / August 21, 2010

Helicopter Fly fishing, Chuck Yeager, Victoria Yeager, bears, eagles,fishing

First Elk

By Victoria Yeager / July 27, 2010

Gen Yeager hit the elk. Perfect shot!

REUNION

By Victoria Yeager / July 17, 2010

After much delay, our plane took off from Atlanta. After a looooong flight to Sacramento, we finally arrived. I had told Gen Yeager we’d be 2 hours late but we had gained an hour during flight. I knew he’d be early so figured about a half hour wait. I looked up and down just in case.…

Landing in Nevada

By Victoria Yeager / May 31, 2010

Today, General Yeager and I wended our way home. We took off, and climbed more slowly than ever. And were blown north. We figured without correction, we’d end up in Portland, OR. We got to the south side of Tahoe and the other side was socked in. Gen Yeager said, Don’t worry. See Tahoe City?…