Test Pilot Chuck Yeager and his X-1- Lancaster, California
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calgriz
N 34° 41.867 W 118° 08.460
11S E 395498 N 3840122
Brigadier General Charles (Chuck) E. Yaeger portrait and the jet he broke the Sound Barrier, X-1 "Glamorous Glennis". WW2 Ace and US Test pilot stationed at Muroc (later renamed- Edwards AF Base) Lake Aircraft Test Center.
Waymark Code: WMK7ZP
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2014
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This mural features Gen. Yaeger's portait in his test flight suit. And two images of his famous sound barrier breaking test jet, X-1 that he piloted into the jet powered flight history books. One jet image is parked and one in flight. The X-1 had some nose paint because the jet was named on it's side for Yaeger's wife, Glamorous Glennis. Yaeger is a member of Lancaster Blvd's "Aerospace Walk of Honor". The "Walk's" flight logo is on the mural. Mural size is 30' by 12'.
City: Lancaster
Location Name: Building wall facing East on Date Street and Lancaster Blvd; southwest corner.
Artist: Val Benavidez, Vietnam Vet, USMC
Date: unknown
Media: paint on stucco
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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