Victoria Scott D’Angelo
March 9, 1944 WWII Hiding from the Germans
Jean and I go to the bigger lake to fish. He, as alert as I am and wise beyond his years, shows me the hidden way. Hanging out with Jean, I learn a little French. It’s a long way. We bring back some fish for le dejeuner (lunch). The young mother makes a shirt for…
Read MoreMarch 7, 1944. WWII.Escaping the Germans
March 7, 1944 evening General Yeager’s words: I’m in hiding during the day in the basement of the house in Casteljaloux. You have to go to the back of the house to get in. Not comfortable in the middle of town. Rumors are neighbors have turned in neighbors in this town. Wonder what they would…
Read MoreYaw Damper & Snaking Discussion re F-86, F-104, Century Series
Question from a top engineering historian: I have been doing some research into specific airplanes, one of which is the production F-86A and later models. In two different places I came across engineers casually discussing the in flight high-speed ‘snaking’ motion of the F-86. One North American engineer just said ‘. . . the snaking…
Read MoreVisiting Jackie Cochran. Fellow guest: President Johnson
One weekend I was at Jackie Cochran’s in Indio, California, near Palm Springs. President Johnson was also visiting. Jackie invited him to go for a ride around the ranch. When they returned, Floyd Odlum, her husband, was livid: You don’t drive the President around. He has secret service and all sorts of people who need…
Read MoreYeager Gets Nuke Weapons at Hahn Air Base during Cold War
General Yeager: About 10 months after I arrived at Hahn Air Force Base, life became more complicated and dangerous for all of us. The wing received new airplanes – a bigger and more powerful version of the Sabre, called the H model, which gave us much faster acceleration. The MiGs discovered the fact when a…
Read MoreGeneral Yeager Recollects B-47 & Gen Ascani
I used to fly from Wright Field to Edwards with a few stops along the way – Oklahoma City, OK, then Alberquerque, New Mexico. One time I flew a B-47 into New Mexico. General Ascani needed a ride. When he saw I was flying the bomber alone, he sputtered: Where’s your co-pilot? Me: I don’t…
Read MoreWithout an Abort – Mission to South Korea – Pueblo Flap
From General Chuck Yeager: After the US Navy ship, the Pueblo, was taken by the North Koreans in 1968, we took off from South Carolina and 17 hours later, my whole wing was in South Korea without an abort. That mission led to my becoming a General. On the way, we hit the tankers off…
Read MoreDECLASSIFIED: Gen Chuck Yeager assigned to Clark AFB re Vietnam 1966
Recently declassified from General Chuck Yeager’s copyrighted USAF oral history – assigned to Clark AFB re Vietnam Yeager: I finished up my tour there with the school at Edwards and got a new assignment ot Clark Airbase in the Philippines as Commander of the 405th Fighter Wing. I reckon you would call it a multitype…
Read MoreDECLASSIFIED – SQUADRON SEES RED: Chuck Yeager Oral History – Part 2
Recently declassified: General Yeager’s words: When I took the squadron to Italy, we had the four 50-gallon drop tanks. We were replacing a squadron that was at Myrtle Beach. Now Aviano had TACAN (tactical air navigation). So our deployment – that was when TAC came out and said, “Take all the squadron colors off the…
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