RIP Chuck Yeager

[CountryGent]

I just read Chuck Yeager passed at age 97. RIP.

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[Alexx1401]

Wife was telling me that when I was getting ready for work. Damn talk about a life well lived. He was quite the damn pilot and the rare exception to the old rule. I have heard a lot of pilots say "there are old pilots and bold pilots but, there are no old bold pilots." Damn if he did not prove to be the exception there. Hope he's flying again now. RIP Chuck!

 

[Mark W.]

Chuck Yeager, pilot who broke the sound barrier, dies at 97 | CNN

US Air Force officer and test pilot Chuck Yeager, known as "the fastest man alive," has died at the age of 97.

www.cnn.com

His autobiography is a hoot to read.

 

[Spitpatch]

A Warrior to Valhalla.

It was my great honor to spend significant time with him on two occasions at a Safari Club convention and at a Shot Show.

I shared a dinner table of 8-10 Leupold luminaries with him (I was seated one person away) on the second occasion, during which time he regaled the whole table with combat exploits and one borderline off-color joke regarding a dogfight. Those were the stories others wanted to hear.

What I will remember most about the man is his deep, clear, and shockingly blue eyes. (This when he was in his 70's). Given a chance to sway the conversation, I asked him what guns he liked most or what were his current favorites. Those glacial blue eyes lit up and he began to tell me about a Model 88 Winchester .243 that he had sent to Rogue River Rifle Works in Oregon to have accurized and was "shootin' the hell out of it" ever since, and even had pictures in his wallet.

When the festivities had subsided, knowing his hotel was same as mine, I offered to walk him back and he cheerfully accepted, drawling, "That'll give us another 10 minutes to talk guns!" When we parted to our rooms, I asked what his plans were for the next day. "Well, those boys over at Nellis want me to come over and do some flyin' with 'em." At 70-plus, he was gonna strap himself to an F-15.

That day I walked with a giant.

Today I cried.

 

[Ura-Ki]

God Speed General!

 

[Member 52301]

May he rest in peace.

Cate

 

[RicInOR]

Break out the movie / book The Right Stuff.


https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-right-stuff

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[HB of CJ]

I got to shake his hand at a big air show in Mojave CA way back in the day. Quite a memory. Or was it Reno NV? Can't remember that.

 

[Aero Denezol]

His autobiography is a hoot to read.

Yes it was. So is the The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. All those guys were WWII/Korea pilots.

Haven't seen the remake TV series The Right Stuff yet, hopefully it isn't a bunch of revisionist BS..

 

[RicInOR]

R.I.P. Chuck Yeager, American bad-bubblegum.

‘The Most Righteous of All the Possessors of the Right Stuff’ | National Review

Sixty-one combat missions. Shot down over occupied France. Yelled at Eisenhower until he agreed to let him go back and fight some more. Countless flights in experimental aircraft. First man to brea…

www.nationalreview.com

 

[RicInOR]

Life in Photos (mostly portraits)
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/mul...ion_09247e7a-73de-5611-b814-a8ad3dec0cc9.html


Few here:

Chuck Yeager - Google Arts & Culture

Charles Elwood Yeager was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in 1947 became the first pilot in history confir...

artsandculture.google.com

Few books can access online thru Google Books:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q="Chuck+Yeager"

Yeager

The secret to my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.'General Chuck Yeager was the fist man to fly faster than the speed of sound. He was also the World War II fighting ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang - Chuck Yeager is The Right...

books.google.com

 

[Greenandy]

I read his book back in the 90s. Great read. A true American we could and still can look up to. He never disrespected his self, his family, or his Country. Unlike so many today.

 

[RicInOR]

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[Caveman Jim]

RIP Chuck. SALUTE.

 

[NeSeR13]

Legend of air power, great American. RIP!