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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 ...

RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — Organizers are planning for yet another day to honor a West Virginia native most notable for being a record-setting test pilot — becoming the first in history to break the speed of ...

Name any notable achievement involving aircraft and flying and Chuck Yeager has done it – a double Ace in World War II flying P-51 mustangs, an Air Force test pilot, the first man to break the sound ...

CHARLESTON — Victoria Yeager, widow of aviation icon Brig. Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, joined West Virginia International Yeager Airport and Marshall University staffers Monday in updating an ...

Back in 1947, there were a lot of firsts: The average (median) income was $3,000, the Polaroid Corporation introduced its very first instant-developing camera, an unidentified flying object crashed in ...

On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who made history by flying an aircraft faster than the speed of sound. He made ...

To mark the 76th anniversary of Chuck Yeager’s sound barrier-breaking flight, a vintage fighter plane flew over the newly painted Charles Chuck Yeager Bridge in Charleston Friday afternoon. Gov. Jim ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Airport officials and the wife of late General Chuck Yeager are coming together to welcome in newly donated memorabilia that’s continuing to honor the West Virginia native, famous ...

A campaign is underway to honor legendary aviator Chuck Yeager by featuring his likeness on a U.S. postage stamp. The grassroots effort, led by Allen Holder and supported by Yeager's second wife ...