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Pilot Dick Rutan, First to Fly Around Earth Without Refueling, Dies at 85
ExplorersWeb via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoFamed pilot Richard “Dick” Rutan has died. Rutan earned distinction during a 19-year military career...
World War II plane dedicated to Chuck Yeager vanished from I-80 view. What happened to it?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIf you cruised on Interstate 80 near Madison Avenue in Sacramento back in the early 2000s, you might...
'The Right Stuff' at 40: Director Philip Kaufman on chasing demons in the sky to make a true...
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSpace.com has an exclusive interview with director Philip Kaufman for the 40th anniversary of "The...
Today in History: October 14, Martin Luther King wins Nobel Peace Prize
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoToday in History Today is Saturday, Oct. 14, the 287th day of 2023. There are 78 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King ...
Famed Wright Field test pilot, commander dies at 101
Dayton Daily News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 6—Famed Air Force and Wright Field test pilot Kenneth Oscar Chilstrom died Saturday. Chilstrom was a retired colonel and author of "Test Flying at Old Wright Field." According to a brief ...
Hershel 'Woody' Williams, last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from WWII, dies at 98
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHershel "Woody" Williams, center, with fellow Marines in 2019. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via...
Local students make Yeager Scholars program at Marshall
The Daily Independent, Ashland, Ky. via Yahoo News· 1 week agoMay 13—HUNTINGTON — Two students from the region have been chosen for the 38th class of Yeager Scholars at Marshall University, making the current number of Yeager Scholars on campus 35 — the ...
At 92, retired Abilene physician Jack Ramsey takes off for the wild blue
The Abilene Reporter-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe doctor was in Friday. In the air. For the last time as a solo pilot − maybe − longtime Abilene...
HEICO Corporation (NYSE:HEI) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoHEICO Corporation (NYSE:HEI) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript August 29, 2023 Operator: Welcome to...
Lasting impression: Air Force's busiest honor guard calls Wright-Patterson home
Springfield News-Sun, Ohio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 4—More than a decade ago, Joshua Lane was a young non-commissioned officer with no interest in serving in an Air Force honor guard. An assignment at a military funeral in Arizona changed ...
