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19. Yup! And Chuck Yeager, too.

Mon Jul 11, 2016, 08:37 PM

Jul 2016

Last edited Mon Jul 11, 2016, 10:12 PM - Edit history (2)

Here he is with Glamorous Glennis.

And he's still alive, at 93. Sadly Glennis, the love of his life, died in 1990.

His autobiography is both historical and hilarious!
Read it!

Here: https://www.amazon.com/Yeager-Autobiography-Chuck/dp/0553256742

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