Chuck Yeager RIP

[Griz882]

Chuck Yeager has strapped in for his last flight. Quite a life.

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

 

[VMO4]

"The first time I saw a jet, I shot it down..." Started out as a private and made flag rank with only a high school diploma, bronze star, DFC, Purple Heart, Silver Star, basically walked across Spain to escape capture, quite the career.

 

[scoolbubba]

Got any beemans?

 

[AllAmerican75]

Chuck Yeager has strapped in for his last flight. Quite a life.

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

Fair winds and following seas. I got to see him fly an F-15 and punch through the sound barrier at the Edwards Air Show many years ago. What a legend.

Got any beemans?

Obligatory video:

 

[taxi1]

"The first time I saw a jet, I shot it down..."

That would be on my tombstone

 

[jmcquate]

Taken when she was lowered for cleaning back in 2015. RIP BGen Yeager.

 

[OscarMyers]

Chuck Yeager's Daily Reports from the XS-1 flights. One of our instructors sent these out today and thought Id pass them along. Pretty fascinating stuff. He was definitely a titan of Aviation.

9th powered flight:
http://docsteach.org/documents/295644/detail?menu=closed&mode=search&sortBy=
relevance&q=yeager

10th powered flight:
http://docsteach.org/documents/295645/detail?menu=closed&mode=search&sortBy=
relevance&q=yeager&commit=Go

11th powered flight:
http://docsteach.org/documents/295646/detail?menu=closed&mode=search&sortBy=
relevance&q=yeager&commit=Go

 

[Notanaviator]

"The first time I saw a jet, I shot it down..."

https://www.chuckyeager.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/357-yeager-6nov44.jpg

Story behind the quote makes it even better. Split S into 500mph @ 500’ gunning through clouds of flak.

 

[HuggyU2]

Split S into 500mph @ 500’ gunning through clouds of flak.

Meh... it's a lot like flying a T-38 over the massive marijuana fields that make up much of northern California. Those folks don't like us overhead.

 

[BenDog]

After reading the 9th powered flight report.....

back in March 2013, when I started working for the CAF on the B29, my first "det" was to KSDM. One of our first visitors just happened to be Gen. Robert Cardenas. Several hours later, Cessna Citation pulls up and Gen. Yeager hops out and makes a b line for the head. Someone from our crew spotted him. Happened to be walking up to the few folks talking with him, when someone said, " You just missed Robert Cardenes"
Yeager responded without skipping a beat said...." That MF'r dropped me slow!! " And walked back to the Citation without saying another word.