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 Jeana Yeager   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
In 1986, Jeana Yeager co-piloted the Voyager, the first aircraft to circumnavigate the globe non-stop, without refueling.
Yeager was born on May 18, 1952, in Fort Worth, Texas.
Yeager’s other honors include the Collier Trophy (the first time ever awarded to a woman), a Presidential Citizens Medal, and the Gold Medal from the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain, among others.
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 Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, and the Flight of the Voyager   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager embody the very spirit and character of the word "pioneers." In December 1986, they became the first people to circumnavigate the world, nonstop, without refuelling their plane, the Voyager.
Yeager, who is no relation to the famous test pilot Chuck Yeager, first met Dick Rutan, and his brother Burt, at a California air show in 1980.
Yeager and Rutan had to endure severe physical and mental demands during their trip.
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 Jeana Yeager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeana Yeager (born May 18, 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an aviator, most famous for flying with Dick Rutan on a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Voyager aircraft in 1986 from December 14 to December 23.
In recognition of this achievement, she received the Harmon Trophy and is the first woman to have received the Collier Trophy.
This United States biographical article is a stub.
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 Jeana L. Yeager   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Jeana’s father worked for Ling-Temco-Vought, which soon moved him and his family to Oxnard, California, where they stayed until 1963.
Jeana’s family moved to Commerce, Texas, when she was in the tenth grade.
Jeana’s honors include the Collier Trophy (the first time ever awarded to a woman), a Presidential Citizens Medal, the Gold Medal from the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain, and many other prestigious honors.
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 Jeana Yeager   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Jeana Yeager (born May 18, 1952) is an aviator, most famous for accompanying Dick Rutan on a non-stop flight around the world in the Voyager aircraft in 1986 from December 14 to December23.
The flight took 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds and covered 24,986 miles (40,211 km), more than doubling the olddistance record set by a Boeing B-52 bomber in 1962.
Jeana Yeager is not related to the famous USAF test pilot, General Charles "Chuck"Yeager.
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 Jeana Yeager -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The flight took 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds and covered 24,986 miles (40,211 km), more than doubling the old distance record set by a (Click link for more info and facts about Boeing B-52) Boeing B-52 (A military aircraft that drops bombs during flight) bomber in 1962.
In recognition of this achievement, she received the (Click link for more info and facts about Harmon Trophy) Harmon Trophy.
Jeana Yeager is not related to the famous (The airforce of the United States of America; defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space) USAF test pilot, (A general officer of the highest rank) General (Click link for more info and facts about Charles "Chuck" Yeager) Charles "Chuck" Yeager.
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 Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, and the Flight of the Voyager
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager embody the very spirit and character of the word "pioneers." In December 1986, they became the first people to circumnavigate the world, nonstop, without refueling their plane, the
During her early aviation career, Yeager mainly wanted to learn to fly helicopters, but her interests branched off and she turned her attention to high-performance aircraft.
Chuck Yeager, first met Dick Rutan, and his brother Burt, at a California air show in 1980.
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 Biography of Jeana Yeager | Theses on Jeana Yeager
In December of 1986 Jeana Yeager (born 1952) became the first woman to fly an airplane nonstop around the world without refueling.
Despite her last name, she bears no relation to fellow aviation pioneer Chuck Yeager, who was the first to fly faster than the speed of sound.
Yeager studied drafting in high school, a skill that would prove extremely valuable in her later project to design the first-round-the-world aircraft.
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 VOYAGER (Jeana Yeager , Dick Rutan , Phil Patton)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
There are many dimensions to this story, challenges for both Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan who completed an epic of Iliad like scope.
The use of advanced material (graphite) and a "micro business model" to develop a vehicle as they did is matched by their stress resilient drive to succeed.
Dick and Jeana worked very long and hard and their success is due largely to them.
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 Jeana Yeager - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Jeana Yeager - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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 Jeana Yeager   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Jeana Yeager (llevado de mayo el 18 de 1952) es aviador, más famoso por acompañar a Dick Rutan en un vuelo directo alrededor del mundo en el avión de Voyager en 1986 de diciembre los 14 a de diciembre el 23.
Jeana Yeager no se relaciona con el piloto famoso de la prueba del USAF, general Charles "tirada" Yeager.
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 Jeana Yeager Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
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 Presidential Citizens Medal - Presidential Citizens Medal Recipient Jeana Yeager
Presidential Citizens Medal - Presidential Citizens Medal Recipient Jeana Yeager
When Jeana Yeager landed at Edwards Air Force Base, completing her historic and record-setting non-stop flight around the globe aboard the Voyager, America
She reminded us all that aviation history is still being written by men and women with the spirit of adventure and derring-do
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 Science: Aerospace: History - Open Site
On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound in the X-1.
In December of 1953, Yeager surpassed twice the speed of sound at mach 2.4 in the X-1A.
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager enjoy success as the first to pilot an aircraft, the Voyager, around the world without refueling in December of 1986.
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 AllRefer.com - Voyager, airplane (Aviation, General) - Encyclopedia
Voyager, the first airplane to circumnavigate the earth nonstop on a single load of fuel.
Designed by Burt Rutan and flown by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, Voyager took off from California on Dec. 14, 1986, and, after a 25,012 mi (40,269 km) flight, landed in the same place nine days later.
The plane weighed only 1,858 lb (845 kg) without fuel but needed a wingspan of 110 ft (33 m) to lift its two pilots and 1,200 gal (4,560 liters) of fuel off the ground.
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 Books by Yeager   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Yeager, Leland B./ Selgin, George A. Yeager, Jeana
Yeager, Neil M. Yeager, Randolph O. Yeager, Bunny
Yeager, Neil M./Beck, John D. Books by ISBN
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 LaughingPlace.com: Soarin' Over Californian Grand Opening, Yeager and Rutan (The #1 Site for Disney)
RealVideo: Jeana Yeager, Richard Rutan and military jet flyover.
It is more than a pleasure to be here today and to be a part of this California Adventure.
Jeana and I flew around the world without stopping and without refueling.
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 Pricenoia.com - Jeana Yeager   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The First Unrefueled Flight Around the World: The Story of Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager and Their Airplane, Voyager (First Book)
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager Flying Non-Stop Around the World: Flying Non-Stop Around the World (Partners)
Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager: Flying non-stop around the world (Partners)
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 1986 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
November 26 - Iran-Contra Affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces that as of Monday, December 1 former Senator John Tower, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft will serve as members of the Special Review Board looking into the scandal (they became known as the Tower Commission).
December 14 - Voyager, an experimental aircraft designed by Burt Rutan and piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, begins its flight around the world.
December 19 - Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov is permitted to return to Moscow after years of internal exile
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 Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager: Flying non-stop around the world (Partners) - techwritingjobs.com Info and Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager: Flying non-stop around the world (Partners) - techwritingjobs.com Info and Reviews
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Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager: Flying non-stop around the world (Partners)
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 Amazon.co.uk: Books: Partners: Rutan & Yeager (Partners I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Amazon.co.uk: Books: Partners: Rutan and Yeager (Partners I)
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Partners: Rutan and Yeager (Partners I) Laurie Rozakis, Bruce S. Glassman (Editor), Jerry Harston (Illustrator)
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 AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: THE VOYAGER CREW - INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY:JEANA YEAGER , DICK RUTAN
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Eddie and Betty/Dick Rutan" and "Jeana Yeager".
Verso notes, in part: "Ninety percent of the Voyager is fabricated of Magnamite graphic composites donated by Hercules, a leading supplier of graphic composites to the aerospace industry...." Voyager took off from Edwards Air Force Base, California on December 14, 1986 with co-pilots DICK RUTAN and JEANA YEAGER aboard.
On December 23, 1986, nine days, three minutes and 44 seconds later, Voyager landed back at Edwards Air Force Base, California after its 24,987-mile flight.
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 USA for Africa: Relive 1985-1986   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Space shuttle Challenger explodes after launch at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager make the first nonstop flight around the world without refueling.
The Voyager flew around the world (24,986 miles) from Edwards AFB, California, returning in 216 hrs, 3 min.
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 VOYAGER - Yeager, Jeana and Rutan, Dick with Patton, Phil
VOYAGER - Yeager, Jeana and Rutan, Dick with Patton, Phil
Author Name: Yeager, Jeana and Rutan, Dick with Patton, Phil
DJ taped to binding minor scuffing on plastic cover.
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 eBay - Book: Voyager (ISBN: 1885283245)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
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 Voyager by Jeana Yeager, Dick Rutan, 0060971975, Lowest Book Price Finder
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 Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight ...
Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands January 23 in History
Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands
Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.
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