RIP Chuck Yeager, 97

Meltdown99
Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
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Chuck Yeager, U.S. Air Force officer who broke speed of sound, dies at 97 (nbcnews.com)
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    What a long, inspiring life.

    Rip, sir. 
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,090
    edited December 2020
    RIP Chuck Yeager. He was certainly a man with the “Right Stuff”.
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    An amazing life...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    "There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots."
    Yeager was the exception to the rule.

    R.I.P. Chuck Yeager.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,189
    Read his autobiography if you haven't already....very good.

    They changed a few things when they portrayed him in "The Right Stuff" but it was mostly accurate.  The thing I remember is that in the movie he reached the edge of space in his plane and then lost control and ejected.  In real life he lost control and landed it.  It was a different incident where he lost control and ejected.
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
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    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,189
    https://www.amazon.com/Yeager-Autobiography-Chuck/dp/0553256742

    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
    The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,905
    I had no idea he was still alive.  It was the move The Right Stuff that brought his achievements to my attention.
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,189
    He had a pretty active twitter where he would interact with people asking questions, etc.  Pretty interesting.
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
    The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2

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