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.