Pilot Chuck Yeager Dies at 97, Had 'The Right Stuff' and Then Some

Posted by Aloha on Monday December 07, 2020 @11:37PM
from the npr.org dept.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/07/341894780/pilot-chuck-yeager-dies-at-97-had-the-right-stuff-and-then-some

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Re:Pilot Chuck Yeager Dies at 97, Had 'The Right Stuff' and ... by softbiz on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @12:13AM (#25342131)

A great hero. I encourage anyone to read Chuck Yeager's autobiography. Besides breaking the sound barrier, he was a WW2 ace, and later flew fighter missions in Vietnam War after his test pilot days.

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Re:Pilot Chuck Yeager Dies at 97, Had 'The Right Stuff' and ... by olivermarks on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @12:27AM (#25342237)

Also Tom wolfe's hagiography 'the right stuff' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Right_Stuff_(book)

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Re:Pilot Chuck Yeager Dies at 97, Had 'The Right Stuff' and ... by Animats on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @12:14AM (#25342140)

One of the greats. A long career of high-risk flying, and he lived to 97.

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Re:Pilot Chuck Yeager Dies at 97, Had 'The Right Stuff' and ... by hackeraccount on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @08:38AM (#25344817)

There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but no old bold pilots.*

*except Yeager.

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