{"id":904,"date":"2020-11-27T20:00:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=904"},"modified":"2022-05-13T18:01:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T22:01:04","slug":"faster-than-a-speeding-bullet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=904","title":{"rendered":"Faster Than A Speeding Bullet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ChuckYeager-1-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ChuckYeager-1-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ChuckYeager-1-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ChuckYeager-1-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ChuckYeager-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today we tell the story of the man from West Virginia who became a brigadier general in the U. 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Air Force, helped train the first American astronauts and became the first man to break the sound barrier, Chuck Yeager.<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music, IHeart Radio, Tunein and more.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nu_2AS-f_WE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can also subscribe to the video version of the Stories podcast on our YouTube channel!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7321\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-904-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746658\/download.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746658\/download.mp3\">https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746658\/download.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746658\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?powerpress_pinw=904-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746658\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"download.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we tell the story of the man from West Virginia who became a brigadier general in the U. 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