West Virginia International Yeager Airport image.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Famed pilot Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager will be remembered in a special way at West Virginia International Yeager Airport.
A new exhibit was dedicated to Yeager, in partial observance of the 75th anniversary of Yeager’s becoming the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound on Oct. 14, 1947.
The exhibit will showcase artifacts that were donated to Marshall University by General Yeager in December 1986.
Victoria Yeager, the widow of the late pilot, was a special guest at the ceremony. She told MetroNews it’s important to honor his legacy.
“It means that people are remembering him and will remember him, and remember all that he did. He risked his life almost daily to keep us all safe,” she said.