Right Stuff, The Easter Egg - An Ace of a Cameo

I wasn't aware of that particular appearance by Yeager, but there is at least one other place where he appears (also in Pancho's). In the scene where the two NASA recruiters (played by Jeff Goldblum and Harry Shearer) go to Pancho's to talk to some of the Edwards test pilots about possibly participating in Project Mercury, at one point, an older man walks up behind them, stares at them quizzically for a few seconds, then asks if they would like some whiskey (so Yeager gets to say a few words!), to which one of the recruiters replies "no thanks, Fred. I'll just have some water...in a clean glass, please." (not verbatim, but close enough). "Fred" is, as you've guessed by now, played by Yeager. If you haven't seen the movie in a while, this side note may help you remember the scene. The part I've just described occurs immediately after a mildly amusing sight gag: when the two recruiters get out of the car outside Pancho's, at first, they mistakenly put on each others jackets. Since Goldblum is considerably taller than Shearer, the results are pretty funny.

General Yeager is in the credits.