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Chainfire

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10. Yeager was a brilliant engineer,

Reply to FirstLight (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 8, 2020, 06:26 PM

Dec 2020

He made it his business to understand everything he flew better than the ones who designed it. For a test pilot from that era to live to be 97 says a lot about how smart he was.

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I hate to be saying goodbye to Chuck Yeager [View all] Chainfire Dec 2020 OP

I hope somebody slipped nocoincidences Dec 2020 #1

Beat me to it Docreed2003 Dec 2020 #2

In Seattle - all the boys KT2000 Dec 2020 #3

That's amazing. Wow. nt crickets Dec 2020 #14

My hubby is a retired Air Force Officer - he was a dentist and while he 42bambi Dec 2020 #4

A Special Memory ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #5

An old friend once told me this story, and it has been a beacon for my life... FirstLight Dec 2020 #6

Reminds me of something a wise woman* always tells me, when I call for advice... Cracklin Charlie Dec 2020 #8

Yeager was a brilliant engineer, Chainfire Dec 2020 #10

I don't believe that man wasted one moment of his life. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2020 #7

Chuck Yeager didn't need aroma therapy to break the sound barrier Blue Owl Dec 2020 #9

While in the Air Force, my dad had him as a CO. yonder Dec 2020 #11

I sort of grew up in the middle of the film 'The Right Stuff' pecosbob Dec 2020 #12

I used a slide rule in high school. Ilsa Dec 2020 #16

An old test pilot joke... Happy Hoosier Dec 2020 #13

Well, confidence is part of the requirements for a successful test pilot! ;) Chainfire Dec 2020 #15

Yup. And few pack that quality! Happy Hoosier Dec 2020 #17