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Title: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on December 08, 2020, 10:43:50 AM
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/us/chuck-yeager-dead.html
Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: oldbike54 on December 08, 2020, 11:11:08 AM
Helluva run  :thumb:

 Dusty
Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: ohiorider on December 08, 2020, 11:18:55 AM
A sad day in the little country town of Hamlin West Virginia, hometown of Chuck Yeager.  A true hero to all of us West Virginians.  I find myself sitting here staring at the title of this post ................... ........

Bob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxQIkHnB-Ys
Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: cliffrod on December 08, 2020, 11:20:51 AM
Breaking the sound barrier was no small accomplishment, but going more than 2x the speed of sound just 5 months later must have been really something.  All that and more was done after notable WWII service.  He really did it.
Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: Gliderjohn on December 08, 2020, 11:37:44 AM
Some say he could be an ass and he didn't keep opinions to himself but I don't think anyone has doubted his flying skills and analytical skills concerning machinery. He and Bob Hoover were probably the best of that era with some others not far behind.
GliderJohn
Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: jcctx on December 08, 2020, 12:21:27 PM
 :sad: :sad:
Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: larrys on December 08, 2020, 02:32:54 PM
Found in Mom's attic. Framed photo. Must have been a presentation piece.

(https://i.ibb.co/fvDRfg0/IMG-0602.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fvDRfg0)

Balls of titanium.
RIP Gen. Yeager.
Larry
Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: ozarquebus on December 08, 2020, 02:35:20 PM
My favorite Chuck Yeager quote: on fighting against a pilot in a 'superior' airplane.
"Its not the crate the other guy is in, its the guy IN the crate you have to worry about."

Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: LowRyter on December 08, 2020, 03:05:04 PM
A Hero with a capital "H".
Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: kfz on December 08, 2020, 03:35:52 PM
The right stuff.
Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: CalVin2007 on December 08, 2020, 05:01:57 PM
 His autobiography is a great read.  :thumb:  R.I.P. Mr Yeager.  :bow:

  Terry
Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: Rough Edge racing on December 08, 2020, 05:15:30 PM
 Yeager's journey back to Allied lines after being shot down in  WW2 is a remarkable story..And since Hoover was mentioned, his escape from a German POW is camp is another fanrtastic story.
   











Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: EldoMike on December 08, 2020, 05:15:42 PM
One of my all time favorite people...I was lucky enough to get a autographed copy of his book
Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on December 08, 2020, 05:31:47 PM
Yeager, Hoover, Doolittle..
Pretty fair aviators. RIP Chuck..<raising glass> Who said there are "no old bold pilots?" :)
Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: Bulldog9 on December 08, 2020, 08:28:42 PM
Truly a great man. I was humbled and honored to spend some time with him several times when I was at Walter Reed from 2012-2015.  See you on the Fiddlers Green Sir!
Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: ohiorider on December 09, 2020, 08:30:44 AM
I checked my old hometown newspaper for a Chuck Yeager article.  This one, written by a local staff writer, provides a personal snapshot as remembered by his Mountain State friends and associates.

Bob

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/yeager-remembered-by-west-virginians-far-and-wide/article_529f41fc-d765-590b-bc89-43c7c4ac87a1.html

Title: Re: Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97
Post by: Motormike on December 09, 2020, 03:17:18 PM
That was a great article.  The General had an incredible life, that's for sure.