CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A P-51 World War II vintage fighter plane soared above the twin spans of the Chuck Yeager Bridge over the Kanawha River Friday afternoon. The flight made several passes as on the ...

The Bell X-1 rocket plane proved that man was capable of breaking the sound barrier. Chuck Yeager, a pilot who was already well known for his skill behind the flight stick of a P-51 Mustang during ...

BIRTHDAY FOR ONE OF THE GREATEST NORTHERN CALIFORNIANS. THERE WERE A CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING ONE THIS MORNING. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND, BACK IN ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (KTXL) — Pilots lined up on Monday to honor ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Famed pilot, West Virginia native Chuck Yeager, died three years ago Thursday and on the anniversary of his death members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation asked the U.S.

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

If you cruised on Interstate 80 near Madison Avenue in Sacramento back in the early 2000s, you might remember seeing a World War II fighter plane perched by the former Holiday Inn. Now a Wyndham hotel ...