19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Mobile
F104 Starfighter Jet with Chuck Yeager's name on it, to honor his airforce achievements

This jet is at the Grass Valley, CA airport and behind, in the sky, is smoke from the fire in Colfax, CA last summer. General Chuch Yeager was the first human to break the sound barrier in a Bell X-1 jet. He had moved to Grass Valley a few years earlier and the airforce honored him with this F104 with his name on it.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Grass Valley, California, United States of America
Camera: iPhone 12 Pro
Copyright: © Bill Koplitz