Chuck Yeager News, Pictures & Buzz

PHOTOS: Meyers Leonard, former Robinson High School and Illini basketball star, and current NBA player  Journal Gazette and Times-Courier

Virgin Galactic unveils high-speed aircraft design, inks deal with Rolls-Royce  Las Cruces Sun-News

Can NASA’s X-59 solve the supersonic riddle?  Asia Times

Special engine out procedures, Part 1 |  AOPA Pilot

Assembly bill addresses police reform  ThisisReno

John Carlson: Being Taken for a Ride — Muncie Journal  Muncie Journal

AFWERX named to Fast Company's 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators  Air Force Link

Artful salutes to the troops  Robins Rev Up

The Quarantine Stream: 'The Right Stuff' Made Space Exploration Feel Dangerous  /FILM

Former British Airways pilot on flying iconic Boeing 747 jumbo jet  Sky News

On This Date  Aerotech News

A Kindler, Gentler Sonic Boom | airspacemag.com  Air & Space Magazine

And The Monkey Flips The Switch: Are Pilots At Risk Of Becoming De-Professionalized?  Forbes

Barstool Astrology  Florida Keys Weekly

Need for speed to succeed is real  Albany Times Union

Air Force Legend Chuck Yeager Broke the Sound Barrier–but Was He Really the First in History?  The Epoch Times

Bell Proudly Flies Past 85 Years of Incredible Aeronautical Achievements  autoevolution

Great Scott! NSW grants $950k for flying car testing facility  Australian Aviation

Independence Day events set for Butte, Glenn counties  Chico Enterprise-Record

AFI Movie Club: THE RIGHT STUFF  American Film Magazine

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Sure , everyone knows Chuck Yeager was first man to "break" the sound barrier but could the following sentence depict a greater accomplishment? Flying the new supersonic F-100 Super Sabres, the 1st was considered one of the Tactical Air Command’s (TAC) elite units. TAC was then in the process of developing in-flight refueling capabilities to support long-range deployments of fighter units. Such complex operations were still very problematic. Mission aborts, navigational mistakes, communications failures and tanker rendezvous miscalculations were common. In 1958, Yeager planned and led the first flawless trans-Atlantic deployment of a jet fighter squadron in TAC history, as all of the 1st’s F-100s landed together and on schedule at Moron Air Base, Spain. JetDoc; see what you mean..you might have a point...just don't know enough about the man.

Movie was announced based on the Yeager autobiography. No word since on it's status.

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