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Chuck Yeager has died
BobJudy
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Chuck Yeager, the first to break the sound barrier has died at age 97. Definitely a man from the greatest generation with the "right stuff". I hope he is back at the controls of Glamorous Glennis and making more sonic booms to remind us of how far we've come thanks to men like him. R.I.P. Chuck. Bob
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R.I.P.
General Charles Elwood Yeager !
A world war II pilot too! May he Rest in Peace.
serf
Another good one gone.
This poem always made me think of Chuck Yeager
"High Flight" (by John Gillespie Magee Jr.)
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there
I’ve chased the shouting wind along and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace,
Where never lark, or even eagle, flew;
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
RIP Chuck Yaeger. I salute you sir!
Slow-talking Chuck has been one of my heroes for years.
Airline pilots all over the world use the Chuck Yeager drawl when on the PA.
What a person who contributed much. RIP SIR
His accomplishments are undeniable, but I never met a man so full of himself. He was his own hero.
Not sure Victoria would want him back at the controls of Glennis.
Don
Brad Steele
A man who believed he clanked when he walked!! I have always thought that a fighter piolet who didn't believe he clanked when he walked was probably a dead fighter piolet!! Since I was born at the end of WWII I grew up around several fighter piolets. They all had "attitude"!
I love that poem Nanuq.
"With silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space
Put out my hand and touched the face of God."
RIP Chuck Yaeger.
Right Place at the Right Time.. RIP
I share one thing in common with Chuck. Always enjoyed chewing Beeman's gum since I was a tadpole! I don't do gum anymore but still brush my teeth with Pepsodent toothpaste!!
RIP
The newscaster said he never wanted to be an astronaut but He could not be one because he was not a college boy. I read he flame out a jet plane, it crashed and he bailed out because he wanted just to see the stars to get his mind settle again. He was a Fighter Ace that came up from the ranks and was a self made man.
serf
If you get a chance read is autobiography the book is quite enjoyable to read, and gives you some insight of what lead up to his breaking the sound barrier!