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The Story Behind the Famous Sequence of The Right Stuff Movie featuring Chuck Yeager’s NF-104 Ejection

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety

The True Story of Chuck Yeager’s NF-104 Ejection featured in the Famous Sequence of The Right Stuff Movie

Dario Leone

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New supersonic corridor named "Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor" unveiled at Edwards AFB during the 2022 Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show & STEM Expo

Aviation History / Military Aviation

New supersonic corridor named “Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor” unveiled at Edwards AFB during the 2022 Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show & STEM Expo

Dario Leone

Here’s the special painted 75th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight F-16 Viper that is taking part in the Edwards Air Show

Aviation History / Military Aviation

Here’s the special painted 75th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight F-16 Viper that is taking part in the Edwards Air Show

Dario Leone

Former F-14D pilot tells the story of when Chuck Yeager called his Super Tomcat “the only real fighter” featured at Edwards AFB air show

Aviation History / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

F-14D pilot recalls that time Chuck Yeager said his Super Tomcat was “the only real fighter” featured at Edwards AFB air show

Robert Jones

The Dream Machine: here's how to make a hop in the F-20 Tigershark, the Super Light-Fighter that Never Was

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The Dream Machine: here’s how to make a hop in the F-20 Tigershark, the Super Light-Fighter that Never Was

Dario Leone

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first supersonic flight, USAF and NASA Jets will compete to determine which will be first to go supersonic during Edwards AFB Airshow

Airshows / Aviation History / Military Aviation

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first supersonic flight, USAF and NASA Jets will compete to determine which will be first to go supersonic during Edwards AFB Airshow

Dario Leone

Did you know? Jackie Cochran was the first woman to break the Sound Barrier (with Chuck Yeager flying the Chase Plane)

Aviation History / Civil Aviation / Military Aviation

Did you know? Jackie Cochran was the First Woman to break the Sound Barrier (with Chuck Yeager flying the Chase Plane)

Dario Leone

Remembering the Lockheed XF-90 “penetration fighter,” the precursor of the F-104 Starfighter that was featured on the cover of the comic book Blackhawk

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Remembering the Lockheed XF-90 “penetration fighter,” the precursor of the F-104 Starfighter that was featured on the cover of the comic book Blackhawk

Dario Leone

Did you know Chuck Yeager is the reason why airline pilots sound so bored when talking to passengers through PA system?

Aviation History / Civil Aviation

Did you know Chuck Yeager is the reason why airline pilots sound so bored when talking to passengers through PA system?

Dario Leone

In 1953 this North Korean pilot flew its MiG-15 to South Korea. And Chuck Yeager flight-tested it.

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

In 1953 this North Korean pilot flew its MiG-15 to South Korea. And Chuck Yeager flight-tested it.

Dario Leone

Former F-14D pilot tells the story of when Chuck Yeager called his Super Tomcat “the only real fighter” featured at Edwards AFB air show

Aviation Humor / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Former F-14D pilot tells the story of when Chuck Yeager called his Super Tomcat “the only real fighter” featured at Edwards AFB air show

Robert Jones

Chuck Yeager, first man to break the sound barrier portrayed in “The Right Stuff” movie dies at 97

Aviation History / Military Aviation

Chuck Yeager, first man to break the sound barrier portrayed in “The Right Stuff” movie dies at 97

Dario Leone

The story of Hans-Guido Mutke, the Me 262 pilot who might have went supersonic two years earlier than Chuck Yeager

Aviation History / Military Aviation

The story of Hans-Guido Mutke, the Me 262 pilot who might have gone supersonic two years earlier than Chuck Yeager

Dario Leone

Previously unreleased Video Features Then Col. Chuck Yeager crashing an NF-104A At Edwards AFB

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Previously unreleased Video Features Then Col. Chuck Yeager crashing an NF-104A At Edwards AFB

Dario Leone

The Story Behind the Famous Sequence of The Right Stuff Movie featuring Chuck Yeager’s NF-104 Ejection

Aviation History / Military Aviation / Space

The True Story Behind the Famous Sequence of The Right Stuff Movie featuring Chuck Yeager’s NF-104 Ejection

Dario Leone

How Scott Crossfield (and the D-558-2 X-Plane) beat Chuck Yeager and Became the First to Reach Mach 2

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

How Scott Crossfield (and the D-558-2 X-Plane) beat Chuck Yeager and Became the First to Reach Mach 2

Dario Leone

Supersonic DC-8, i.e. the Concorde wasn’t the first Airliner to Break the Sound Barrier

Supersonic DC-8, i.e. the Concorde wasn’t the first Airliner to Break the Sound Barrier

Dario Leone

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