Chuck Yeager Loved the F-104. In essence, the Germans—as well as the Canadians, with their similar CF-109 variant—misused the F-104 in ways that exacerbated the design flaws of the plane.

The F-104 is probably most familiar from the scene in the 1983 film The Right Stuff, where Yeager, played by Sam Shepard, tries to fly one to the edge of space and ends up losing control and ...

– In the parking lot of this small Sierra Nevada town's airfield, a decommissioned F-104 Starfighter jet looms over a series of plaques. They honor the exploits of one Charles Elwood Yeager ...

Legendary test pilot Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager passed away on December 7, 2020 at the age of 97. ... the institution operated a unique version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter.

A pioneer in aviation died this week, and here's a look back at a visit he made to Abilene. It's a photograph of Charles "Chuck" Yeager visiting Dyess Air Force Base back in July of 1964. Yeager ...

Chuck Yeager in the cockpit of an NF-104, December 4, 1963 (U.S. Air Force photo) His combat career, however, was far from over. Yeager flew a remarkable 127 combat missions over Vietnam in the ...

Chuck Yeager book review. He piloted the Bell X-1, ... “If everything is going well, check six,” or when asked how to recover an F-104 from a flat spin, “If you find out, ...

Tickets are still available for Saturday’s festivities put on by aviation legend General Chuck Yeager to benefit his charitable foundation. The first man to break the sound barrier and America’s most ...

In this 2004 photo, Chuck Yeager stands in front of an F-104 fighter jet that will be part of a monument in his honor at the Nevada County Airport. KIM KOMENICH, MBR / AP.

Piloted on December 10th, 1963, by certified larger-than-life test pilot Chuck Yeager, the NF-104 was under full afterburner and rocket power as he entered a screaming power climb near the upper ...

Chuck Yeager Loved the F-104. In essence, the Germans—as well as the Canadians, with their similar CF-109 variant—misused the F-104 in ways that exacerbated the design flaws of the plane.