Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ruo ọtụtụ afọ n'afọ ndị 1980, Yeager jikọtara ya na General Motors, na-akpọsa ACDelco, ngalaba akụkụ akpaaka nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụ. N'afọ 1986, a kpọrọ ya ka ọ na-akwọ ụgbọala Chevrolet Corvette maka asọmpi ahụ.
Nke 70 na-agba ọsọ nke Indianapolis 500. N'afọ 1988, a kpọrọ Yeager ọzọ ka ọ na-akwọ ụgbọ ala ahụ, nke ugbu a na wiil nke Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. N'afọ 1986, Onyeisi ala Reagan họpụtara Yeager ka ọ bụrụ onye so na Kọmitii Rogers nke nyochara mgbawa ụgbọelu Space Shuttle "Challenger".