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AROUND
THE WILD FIRE: Gen. Chuck Yeager on Wild Country
Sept.
10, 2007
According
to the Northwest Wild Country dictionary, "Hero" is a ludicrously
overused word. People who sing or hit baseballs for a living, for
example, don't really fit into our definition of the word. General
Chuck Yeager does. As a matter of fact, if you look up the term
"American hero" in any dictionary, there's a pretty good chance
you'll find a picture of Chuck Yeager there.
Yeager
is known, of course, as the first man to break the sound barrier,
but if you take a little time to read either of the two books he's
authored - "Yeager", the autobiography, or "Press On, Further Adventures
in the Good Life" - you almost have to ask yourself "Is this guy
for real?!?": 64 combat missions and 12.5 kills piloting a P-51
Mustang in the English Theater during WWII; more than 10,000 hours
in over 180 different models and type of military aircraft as the
greatest test pilot in American history; the list goes on and on.
The
General is also a lifelong outdoorsman with a fishing and hunting
schedule that most of us can only dream about. Tune in this Saturday,
Sept. 16 as American hero Chuck Yeager joins us at the Wild fire
for a chat about hunting, fishing, flying, and living the American
dream. You won't want to miss it. --J.S.
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