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@GenChuckYeager

WWII Fighter Ace,1st person to break the sound barrier, 1st to fly faster than Mach 2, Fighter pilot, hunter, fisherman, pilot

California
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Joined February 2010
Born on February 13, 1923
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  1. Apr 8

    Enjoyed the show - thank you - So glad 's voice was in great form.

    Our hero will be at the show tonight in Wendover .... We love The General and Victoria....🇺🇸
    1 reply 12 retweets 115 likes
  2. Apr 3

    April 1944: What a way to fight a war - hanging out at a spa in Spain watching all the girls in bikinis.

    5 replies 26 retweets 176 likes
  3. Apr 2

    Saw a static T-39 recently - used to haul pilots in 'em. Also would fly Gen Doolittle or Ridley to look for good bird huntin' areas :-)

    16 replies 40 retweets 305 likes
  4. Retweeted
    Mar 29

    The Kings welcomed Chuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier, to tonight! ✈️

    11 replies 75 retweets 355 likes
  5. Mar 31

    March 1944 Truding up and down Pyrenees into Spain

    4 replies 26 retweets 103 likes
  6. Mar 30

    Ran into my friend John Foster, former Grass Valley Police Chief, who told me he's is running for Nevada County, CA Sheriff June 2018.

    8 replies 20 retweets 139 likes
  7. Mar 29

    March 1944: Slow going over the Pyrenees. Nazis at our back are a good incentive to keep trudging along

    7 replies 24 retweets 128 likes
  8. Mar 29

    March 1944 - Have to go as deep into Spain as possible-border inhabitants might otherwise sell us back to Gestapo

    3 replies 20 retweets 98 likes
  9. Mar 27

    March 26, 1944: Escaping Nazis over the steepest part of the Pyrenees

    9 replies 23 retweets 114 likes
  10. Mar 27

    To keep mouth from getting too dry from the oxygen mask

    Did you and Jack Ridley really chew Beeman's gum, or was that just made up for the movie? (The Right Stuff)
    6 replies 43 retweets 161 likes
  11. Mar 27

    My wife asked me: Isn't "social media" somewhat anti-social?

    33 replies 154 retweets 579 likes
  12. Mar 26

    March 26, 1948: I flew Bell X-1 to highest velocity (957 mph or Mach 1.45) & altitude (71,500') of any piloted airplane up to that time

    35 replies 224 retweets 764 likes
  13. Mar 25

    March 25, 1944: Maquis kick me out!!! I'm on my own

    5 replies 7 retweets 65 likes
  14. Mar 24

    March 24, 1944 Moonface

    5 replies 12 retweets 75 likes
  15. Mar 23

    March 23, 1944: Running with the Maquis

    3 replies 15 retweets 78 likes
  16. Mar 21

    March 22, 1944 Hiding from German air patrols

    20 retweets 111 likes
  17. Mar 21

    March 20-21, 1944: German Recon planes fly a bit too close

    1 reply 7 retweets 47 likes
  18. Mar 21

    March 18-19, 1944 In the woods with the Maquis:

    1 reply 6 retweets 47 likes
  19. Mar 21

    March 17-19, 1944: WWII: Helping Maquis blow up bridges against Germans

    12 retweets 69 likes
  20. Mar 15

    Close call - Germans march right in front of me.

    5 replies 10 retweets 79 likes

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