'True hunting buddies': Castile resident and sister recall father's long friendship with the iconic Chuck Yeager | Top Story
CASTILE â Chuck Yeager and Robert Uhrig knew they were in trouble. Yeager, of course, was a legend â a World War II fighter ace, military test pilot and the first person ever to exceed the speed of sound. Uhrig was an expert maintenance and engineering officer who served beside him at Edwards Air Force Base and beyond. They were supposed to pick up their families at the train station in what was then Frankfurt, West Germany, after the wives and children made an unpleasant voyage acros...
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