Chuck Yeager dies

[UP4014]

More than the right stuff, they don’t make them like they used to.

I have to add my 1 degree of separation having a doctor friend, now deceased Colonel in the USAF who attended to Chuck after some of his testing. He said Chuck might be staggering around temp blinded with blood shot eyes or even knocked out cold, but would come back and do it again with pleasure.

Pilot Chuck Yeager Dies At 97, Had 'The Right Stuff' And Then Some

Chuck Yeager, fighter ace, test pilot, breaker of the sound barrier and coolest of the cool, was the man even astronauts looked up to. Yeager never sought the spotlight and was always a bit gruff.

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[eric2011]

One of the pioneers
And many of the younger ones are saying...Who?

 

[samh004]

And many of the younger ones are saying...Who?

Guess I must not be young anymore as I know the name and some of the achievements.

 

[jb747]

Test pilots are generally invisible. Chuck, and some of his contemporaries were unusual in that their names became well known. His complete history, and not just the TP stuff, is interesting reading.

 

[Major]

I had the pleasure of meeting Chuck Yeager at Dick Smith's 60th birthday party. A really friendly guy and loved telling tales of his flying experiences