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Just another Earthling
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PostPosted: 12-08-2020 11:55 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


R.I.P. Chuck Yeager

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Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97

A World War II fighter ace and Air Force general, he was, according to Tom Wolfe, “the most righteous of all the possessors of the right stuff.”


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The Right Stuff :up:


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PostPosted: 12-08-2020 12:43 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


A truly fearless man - good innings




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PostPosted: 12-08-2020 02:34 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I read his autobiography when I was younger. Truly fearless, yes, but also incredibly dumb at times. Plus he was drunk half the time he flew. Blowing shingles off people’s houses...:olo:




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PostPosted: 12-09-2020 02:01 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


In memory
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This clip is from the 1983 film "The Right Stuff" with Sam Shepard as test pilot Chuck Yeager.



Even better - Eighty-Nine Year Old Chuck Yeager • F-15 Eagle Honor Flight
Note his name on the aircraft :up:



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PostPosted: 12-13-2020 01:22 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Damn...
The man is a legit legend.




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