Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, dead at 97
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Chuck Yeager RIP
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Re: Chuck Yeager RIP
I saw him at the Reno Air Races in the early 1980s. They held a drawing and a winner got to go for a ride in a 2-seat Mustang with the man.
I didn't win
Blue Skies forever, General. Right stuff there, indeed.
https://youtu.be/SB2v-tnrtug
I didn't win
Blue Skies forever, General. Right stuff there, indeed.
https://youtu.be/SB2v-tnrtug
"Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne
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Re: Chuck Yeager RIP
today we take breaking the sound barrrier as routine, but when he did it he was a true pioneer
The strong do what they want, the weak do what they must
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Re: Chuck Yeager RIP
A righteous warrior and bearer of the Right Stuff. He had what it took to go where no man had gone before and come back every time. I read both his books and he was more than just a fortunate hillbilly with a need for speed. As if becoming an Ace in one day and breaking the sound barrier wasn't enough, he will most likely forever hold the record for surviving altitude in a flat spin, among many other near death experiences.
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