I was fortunate enough to see AND HEAR his last official Air Force flight. A sonic boom across miles and miles of flat desert is extremely impressive. Rest in Peace, Sir.
This is the most bummed out I've been about a person passing away that wasn't family. I love his story, and Yeager is my favorite book. A towering hero of mine.
Bell X1 Chuck Yeager, broke the sound barrier flying.
Glamorous Glennis
He named all his planes after his WIfe
X1 was a beauty.
Had his poster on my wall as a kid. Back when we had heroes.
Heroes inspire boys to become men. We can't have that.
When you break mach 1 with a broken rib you know you're the man.
Relevant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il1x-bSkAZI&feature=emb_title
The Real Rocket Man...
R.I.P Mr. Yeager
For those who want a close-up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKGYm_jW60A&ab_channel=argus1953
RIP General Chuck Yeager.
"It's a great day for flying!"
We named one of our sons after one of the original Mercury Astronauts, after watching The Right Stuff.
This year, we would have Donald or Melania.
... And they did it with a straight wing 😳
holy crap I forgot about that game. Gotta dig out my Ace Edge and fire it up.
I was thinking of Birds of Prey and Birds of Steel. I didn't realize they were doing anything new these days. I'll check it out.
We probably did play together. I got Birds of Prey late and I remember there was only like a couple dozen people playing regularly.
Good times.
I probably should download War Thunder. I almost have multiple times but I tend to get annoyed with the F2P model.
I was fortunate enough to see AND HEAR his last official Air Force flight. A sonic boom across miles and miles of flat desert is extremely impressive. Rest in Peace, Sir.
https://i.imgur.com/0fNMUKm.jpg https://i.imgur.com/pXnnyFB.jpg
(sorry for patronizing imgur)
This is the most bummed out I've been about a person passing away that wasn't family. I love his story, and Yeager is my favorite book. A towering hero of mine.
I do know that plane. And I do honor the man.
Imagine not recognizing a Bell X-1 on sight.
cringe
or the X15... or a Saturn 5... or a chick... without a dick.
All valid points.
I love the X1... but I bet the X15 made him jizz his pants.