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Newly Released Video Shows Then Col. Chuck Yeager Losing Control and Crashing an NF-104A At Edwards AFB in 1963

December 11, 2019 David Cenciotti

Fantastic footage released by Edwards Air Force Base History Office shows the famous Dec. 10, 1963 “Zoom Flight” incident depicted in “The Right Stuff”. It’s December 10th, 1963. Col. Chuck Yeager, Aerospace Research Pilot School […]