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RIP Chuck Yeager #7078929 12/08/20 01:23 AM 12/08/20 01:23 AM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 3,882 Mn N nightlife OP trapper
nightlife OP trapper N Joined: May 2008 Posts: 3,882 Mn	Just heard general Chuck Yeager died I was lucky enough to have meet him 20 some years ago and he struck me as a heck of a guy who left one heck of a legacy behind General you will be missed if any man exemplified the expression “The Right Stuff” It was you ï¿½Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.ï¿½ â€• Robert A. Heinlein

Re: RIP Chuck Yeager [Re: nightlife] #7078930 12/08/20 01:25 AM 12/08/20 01:25 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland HobbieTrapper "Chippendale Trapper"
HobbieTrapper "Chippendale Trapper" Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland	-Goofy-

Re: RIP Chuck Yeager [Re: nightlife] #7078935 12/08/20 01:27 AM 12/08/20 01:27 AM
Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 3,928 NY Canvasback2 trapper
Canvasback2 trapper Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 3,928 NY	Mon, December 7, 2020, 11:05 PM EST Chuck Yeager, a former U.S. Air Force officer who became the first pilot to break the speed of sound, died Monday. He was 97. In a brief statement on Twitter, his wife, Victoria, said he died just before 9 p.m. ET. “An incredible life well lived, America’s greatest Pilot, & a legacy of strength, adventure, & patriotism will be remembered forever,” she said. Oct. 14, 1947, Yeager became the first test pilot to break the sound barrier as he flew the experimental Bell XS-1 (later X-1) rocket plane over Muroc Dry Lake in California. NASA has said that Yeager nicknamed the plane "Glamourous Glenis" after his wife. He became familiar to a younger generation 36 years later when the actor Sam Shepard portrayed him in the movie, "The Right Stuff," based on the Tom Wolfe book. The book and movie centered on the daring test pilots of the space program's early days.

Re: RIP Chuck Yeager [Re: nightlife] #7078938 12/08/20 01:29 AM 12/08/20 01:29 AM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,899 American In the Pyrenees; Fran... S swift4me trapper
swift4me trapper S Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,899 American In the Pyrenees; Fran...	Great American. I spent a weekend around him at a fishing lodge in northern CA long ago. He said he was a meat fisherman and hunted the same way. Years later I saw him in a bar in the Seattle airport with his new wife. RIP. Pete

Re: RIP Chuck Yeager [Re: nightlife] #7078943 12/08/20 01:33 AM 12/08/20 01:33 AM
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 811 Interior Alaska 3 30/06 trapper
30/06 trapper 3 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 811 Interior Alaska	A giant in American and aviation history. I met him twice, once as a boy, and again when I was a very junior military pilot. He had a swagger that he backed up with accomplishments. My favorite story about him is when he flew the X1 with cracked ribs and a chunk of broomstick. Our greatest generation. Fair skies Gen. Yeager!

Re: RIP Chuck Yeager [Re: nightlife] #7078965 12/08/20 01:59 AM 12/08/20 01:59 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 193 Tomahawk, Wisconsin C CJW trapper
CJW trapper C Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 193 Tomahawk, Wisconsin	A legend gone in body but not is spirit. He was at Oshkosh speaking the year an F16 went off the end of runway 36. Something was mentioned while he had a microphone and he simply replied, "guard guys", with clearly a little sarcastic tone. RIP

Re: RIP Chuck Yeager [Re: nightlife] #7079057 12/08/20 08:09 AM 12/08/20 08:09 AM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 5,426 New York border Cragar trapper
Cragar trapper Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 5,426 New York border	A true American hero. He will not be forgotten. NRA benefactor member

Re: RIP Chuck Yeager [Re: nightlife] #7079124 12/08/20 08:57 AM 12/08/20 08:57 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,973 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,973 Northern Maine	R.I.P. Nevada bound

Re: RIP Chuck Yeager [Re: nightlife] #7079209 12/08/20 10:21 AM 12/08/20 10:21 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,085 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,085 Minnesota	RIP NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: RIP Chuck Yeager [Re: nightlife] #7079214 12/08/20 10:25 AM 12/08/20 10:25 AM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 7,240 West Michigan G Getting There trapper
Getting There trapper G Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 7,240 West Michigan	R.I.P To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.

Re: RIP Chuck Yeager [Re: nightlife] #7079861 12/08/20 07:53 PM 12/08/20 07:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,853 Northern Illinois M MChewk trapper
MChewk trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,853 Northern Illinois	What a legend! RIP Sir.

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