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[*] posted on 12-9-2020 at 09:21 PM


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Where and when???


Never and nowhere.
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Just like you don’t need to be a civil servant or elected representative to have an opinion about government.
And you don’t need to play football to have an opinion about football.
And you don’t need to be an artist to have an opinion about art.




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[*] posted on 12-12-2020 at 12:42 PM


You have to give credit where credit is due and it is best to realize some of our hero’s come with their share of issues attached, and Yeager had his share. I have read a lot of what is available on him as well as knowing some people in the aviation community who knew him personally. There is no denying he had a outsized pair of cajones and plenty of luck along the way. Today it is in vogue to call everyone you disagree with “racist” .I had never heard of the incident cited here. I do know Yeager had an outsized ego and dismissed most of the other pilots who outdid him in achievements. He dismissed the Rutan brothers around the world flight with their Voyager on one tank of gas as an insignificant achievement although never since duplicated. Bob Hoover, also from the same era as Yeager, and backup pilot for the sound barrier campaign was unquestionably a much better pilot than Yeager among pilots who knew flying skills when they saw them. The Reno Air Races have attracted some of the best pilots in the world to compete in the fastest and most dangerous motor sport on the world every year, simply to test themselves amongst the best in the business. Astronauts, military test pilots and many airline pilots regularly competed. When Yeager was asked why he never raced, he dismissed that as who wants to putt around a track at a mere 500mph wing tip to wing tip when you have already broken the sound barrier. He never participated in air shows once it became apparent there were many tough acts to follow out there. Apparently ignoring the fact that a grandmother could circle the earth at17,500 mph today.
Bob Hoover , who passed in the past few years, is acknowledged as probably the best pilot ever of anything that flys among those who are most qualified to judge. He had a long career as a test pilot, air show pilot demonstrating N American Aviation’s products and leaving his military pilot observers in awe at what they never knew their aircraft were capable of. Their are a ton of u tube videos of some of his flying achievements. Hoover was known as a gentleman and very popular for mingling with the public. His book “Forever flying “ is a great read. Yeagers first wife Glennis, raised their children while Chuck traveled around with some high profile women. She was his business manager after he retired and after she passed his daughter took over management until Chuck was ambushed by a much younger woman who studied his daily running routine around Grass Valley and “accidentally” bumped into him. They then proceeded to get married and to fire his daughter and disown all of his children and there was much turmoil over that. When he was asked about that he said simply that he was horny. So as usual, there is much more to most story’s concerning our hero’s. This doesn’t detract from their accomplishments. Andrew Jackson’s face on our currency is a good example of both sides of the good and bad in this example.
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[*] posted on 12-14-2020 at 12:41 AM


A little more sound barrier history. A long read but very interesting for those who follow Chuck Yeager and aviation history.


https://www.456fis.org/GEORGE_WELCH_SOUND_BARRIER.htm
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