On the left is Bob Hoover, whom Chuck Yeager once called the greatest natural stick to hit the skies.

FORBES: American Hissy Fit

Before he bought his North American NA-50, he persuaded his friend Chuck Yeager, the legendary test pilot, to fly to California and check it out with him.

FORBES: A Wildcatter In Love With Warbirds

Manager Lloyd Cliff says this is where a lot of Army cadets learned to fly among them test pilot Chuck Yeager, who later went on to break the sound barrier.

NPR: California Town Hit Hard by War Losses

Then, four days later, flying touch-and-go landings in a Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star with Chuck Yeager, the wheels became stuck in a lake bed made wet by recent rain where they had to await rescue.

FORBES: Neil Armstrong's Immortal Footprint

Lewis became good friends with legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager, as well as with Steve Hinton and Stewart Dawson, two of the top pilots flying warbirds Hinton is the only other pilot allowed to fly Glacier Girl.

FORBES: Lord Of The Warbirds

Rather than having the jaunty wit of a Wally Schirra, the affable magnetism of a John Glenn or the flinty swagger of a Chuck Yeager, Neil Armstrong came across as nothing more than the earnest, no-nonsense engineer he actually was.

CNN: Neil Armstrong, a hero who shunned fame