Recent Articles about General Chuck Yeager
Remembering the Small Moments
Spring, 2021, Game Trails (Dallas Safari Club magazine), By Joe De Silva
We at Cape Town Hunting Safaris and Tours had the absolute privilege and honour to have the Late Brigadier General Chuck Yeager and his wife Victoria visit us twice in South Africa.
During their visit in 2010, they spent two weeks with us hunting and touring. This was General Yeager’s first time hunting and touring in Africa. However, the General did mention to Nicole that he had “bombed” Libya (gunnery practice at U.S. air base there) many years ago while still on active duty but guessed this did not count as a visit. Needless to say, that trip was not arranged by any tour company…
HQ&A: Chuck Yeager
HQ 77 | SPRING 2012, Huntington Quarterly, By Jack Houvouras
This year marks the 65th anniversary of Gen. Chuck Yeager’s breaking the sound barrier. We sat down with the living legend to get his thoughts on making history, modern aviation, his scholarship program at Marshall and the challenge of slowing down for a man who has lived life at full throttle.
Having just turned 89, Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager shows few signs of slowing down, but that shouldn’t come as a surprise to the aviation icon once known as the first fastest man alive. The Hamlin, W.Va., native earned that title on Oct. 14, 1947, when he did the unthinkable and broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, which he named Glamorous Glennis after his first wife. Yeager’s feat ushered in America’s race for space and forever changed the world of aviation…
Wired.com, November, 2014
Punch a Hole in the Sky: An Oral History of The Right Stuff
As Chuck Yeager recently Tweeted: “Pretty good article on The Right Stuff”, this Wired.com article tells the story of the The Right Stuff movie which brought Tom Wolfe’s book to the big screen in 1983, telling the story of test pilots like Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier and launching toward the exosphere. Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff writer, director) said that Chuck Yeager personified “the right stuff”, so he envisioned a movie based around that central character. As Chuck Yeager, who served as a technical consultant for the movie, refers to the era, “Air Force test pilots who were doing the nitty-gritty work. We weren’t getting free houses or notoriety. We were working our tails off for $250 a month. Many of us were dying in the process. Yeager also is quoted in the article revealing “Some of my friends played extras, such as Korky Kevorkian, a pilot and fruit farmer from Reedley, California. I played a bartender.” Read more.
Appeal-Democrat, January, 2014
Duty led to history: Catching up with Chuck Yeager
Gen. Chuck Yeager was interviewed by David Bitton of Appealdemocrat.com. Gen. Yeager emphasized that Duty comes first and that doing his Duty was first and foremost in leading to his successes. The Appeal-Democrat reached out to the Living Legend to get his thoughts on nearby Beale Air Force Base, to help reacquaint the public with an important part of military history, and to share his incites to the modern “Global Hawk Era”. Read more.
Huntington Quarterly, May, 2012
Gen. Chuck Yeager was interviewed by Jack Houvouras to mark the 65th anniversary of his breaking the sound barrier. Gen. Yeager shared his thoughts on making history, modern aviation, his scholarship program at Marshall University, and the challenge of slowing down for a man who has lived life at full throttle. Having just turned 89, Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager shows few signs of slowing down, but that shouldn’t come as a surprise to those who know the aviation icon was once known as the fastest man alive. Read more.
The Namibian, November 11, 2011, by Jana-Mari Smith
Yeager wows Namibians
The legendary test pilot, who has clocked more than 19 000 flying hours during his illustrious career, demonstrates that he is still young at heart, battle ready and as passionate about flying and life as ever. Read more.
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December 6, 2014
The winner of the 2014 General Chuck Yeager STEM Education Award is announced. In cooperation with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Challenger Center of Colorado, Gen. Yeager awarded a $500 STEM grant to high school science teacher Jared Voldness, Williamstown High School, Williamstown, West Virginia. Jered plans to lead students in building model airplanes to emphasize forces of flight, energy transformation, Newton’s laws, historical perspectives, testing/evaluation, design, and problem solving. He also plans to purchase a water rocket system to use in teaching about thrust, center of gravity vs. center of pressure, vehicle construction, modeling, performance prediction, and trigonometry. More information about the AIAA STEM Teacher Grant program can be found here.
September 4, 2014
The 2014 West Virginia Governor’s One Shot Whitetail Hunt event will take place Oct. 24 and 25, operating out of Stonewall Resort State Park near Weston in Lewis County. Since its inaugural event in 2007, the One Shot has donated more than $300 thousand to the Hunters Helping the Hungry (HHH) Program. All venison harvested during the hunt is donated directly to the HHH program. The hunt will begin with the traditional “sighting in of the rifles” at the Stonewall shooting range Friday afternoon, Oct. 24. One year, they thought General Yeager had missed the target until Mrs. Yeager clued them in: the 2nd bullet probably went through the first one on the target. They ceased all firing and went to look Sure ‘nough. Talk about a good grouping! This year’s invited dignitaries include Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and West Virginia native Brig. Gen. “Chuck” Yeager, retired. More information about Hunters Helping the Hungry can be found at www.wvdnr.gov or by calling 304-558-2771.
May 9, 2012
My great friend Russ Schleeh died Sunday, May 6 2012, at home in Mission Viejo California with his wife Mary, daughter Brandy, son-in-law Ken and step-daughter Kay by his side. Russ was a great WWII bomber pilot, and Chief of Bomber Test. See his Air Force bio here, and here’s a good bio written for the Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum.