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RIP Chuck Yeager

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Commodore, Dec 7, 2020.

  1. Commodore

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    I don't follow military stuff or really know about planes, but as a kid, for some reason, outside of the usual Boeing passenger liners, I fell in love with 2 planes ... the Bell X-1 and the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. The first guy to officially break the sound barrier -- this dude is the stuff of legend. R.I.P.
     
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    His altitude tests in the Starfighter with a rocket booster were always fascinating to me -- they'd reach [edit: 100,000+ feet - the record was 120,800 ft].

    Yeager is almost a mythical American legend.
     
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    I thought this guy died like 30 years ago.
     
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    rip. thank you for your service
     
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    That must’ve thrown you in a loop.
     
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    Dude was a man`s man............RIP General
     
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    Fun fact; he's a big reason why the pilot that comes on on the intercom on your flight talks the way he does with that cadence and that folksy voice
     
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    Dude fought to control the plane from 100,000 feet down to 8500 before ejecting.
     
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