SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Chuck Yeager, the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound, is facing a very different type of challenge _ this one in a California courtroom. A homeowners ...

Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the "right stuff" when in 1947 he became the first person to fly ...

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the "right stuff" when in 1947 he ...

The Problem That Grounded the Future By the late 1940s, American aviation had reached a limit literally. Fighter aircra ...

Chuck Yeager, the famous pilot broke the sound barrier, also was a hero in the second World War. Flying his P-51 Mustang, Glamorous Glenn, he downed an astounding five German Bf-109s in a single ...

The legendary aviator, who died Dec. 7, served as a fighter pilot in World War II. Later, as a test pilot, he was the first person to fly faster... Remembering Chuck Yeager, Pilot Who Broke The Sound ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - Chuck Yeager, the steely "Right Stuff" test pilot who took aviation to the doorstep of space by becoming the first person to break the sound barrier more than 70 years ago, died on Monday ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Senate Floor Senator Joe Manchin spoke on the Senate floor in honor of General Charles “Chuck” Yeager’s 90th birthday. What are some details of Chuck ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A legendary American pilot is grounded in a Fresno courtroom, probably for the next couple weeks. Gen. Chuck Yeager is being sued for non-payment by the law firm Wild, Carter ...

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 ...