When I saw the trailer for The Right Stuff in a movie theater, I knew what my plans were for opening night—and, oh did that movie deliver! A World War II ace tasked to pilot the Bell X-1—that orange, ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Friends, family, dignitaries and the community joined together at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center Friday to honor one of the most famous test pilots of his ...

How would you like to send a letter with the help of aviation notable Chuck Yeager? It may be possible in the near future, thanks to a movement underfoot to place the likeness of the brigadier general ...

BIRTHDAY FOR ONE OF THE GREATEST NORTHERN CALIFORNIANS. THERE WERE A CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING ONE THIS MORNING. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND, BACK IN ...

The MiG 15's story goes far beyond the Korean War. We reveal its mind blowing 70+ year service life, from its first kill in ...

A new exhibit on Chuck Yeager coinciding with the 75th anniversary of his breaking the sound barrier has been opened at West Virginia International Yeager Airport. Officials from the airport ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Chuck Yeager says Virgin America used his name without permission in a mass mailer advertising its in-flight WiFi service. Yeager, 86, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, ...

Vice President Mike Pence spoke at a memorial service Friday for the late Gen. Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, in Charleston. The service was the first public event for the ...

Oct. 20—Last week on Oct. 14, an aviation milestone marked its 74th anniversary. On that very day in 1947, a young man and West Virginia native named Capt. Charles "Chuck" Yeager climbed into a rocket ...

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.

All across the globe Chuck Yeager’s 100th birthday was celebrated. Here at home, Marshall University's Bill Noe Flight School did its part by doing a formation flyby. Yeager died Dec. 7, 2020, at the ...

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (WHTM) — On Oct. 14, 1947, Air Force test pilot Charles E. Yeager climbed into a Bell X-1 rocket plane and became the first human being to break the sound barrier in level flight.