patches Posted December 8, 2020 Share #1 Posted December 8, 2020 Chuck Yeager passed today at 97. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted December 8, 2020 Share #2 Posted December 8, 2020 An amazingly brave man with an equally amazing career of accomplishments. Rest in Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted December 8, 2020 Share #3 Posted December 8, 2020 Rest in Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Ambrosini Posted December 8, 2020 Share #4 Posted December 8, 2020 "Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air. "Up, up the long delirious burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace, where never lark, or even eagle, flew; and, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of God." -Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, 1941 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edelweisse Posted December 8, 2020 Share #5 Posted December 8, 2020 Rest In Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lerenfort Posted December 8, 2020 Share #6 Posted December 8, 2020 A warrior made of the Right Stuff. Take to the skies once more and join to stars. Rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warguy Posted December 8, 2020 Share #7 Posted December 8, 2020 R.IP. true American hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottz63 Posted December 8, 2020 Share #8 Posted December 8, 2020 Rest in Peace Sir. One of my childhood heroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisusa1 Posted December 8, 2020 Share #9 Posted December 8, 2020 Rest in Peace. I grew up absolutely idolizing him, the amount of courage and skill he displayed throughout his career still amazes me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrustyBosun Posted December 8, 2020 Share #10 Posted December 8, 2020 Kick the spurs to her, Chuck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonSooner17 Posted December 8, 2020 Share #11 Posted December 8, 2020 He's flying west at a million miles an hour. Godspeed, Chuck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted December 12, 2020 Share #12 Posted December 12, 2020 May he rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stony Posted December 16, 2020 Share #13 Posted December 16, 2020 Met General Yeager a few times over the years, mostly while working at the Museum of Flight. His favorite subjects were fishing and hunting. Being an avid fisherman, we had a couple of nice conversations on the subject, usually at AFAA reunions or symposiums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted December 16, 2020 Share #14 Posted December 16, 2020 I remember when reading his book, how he would sneak off and go I think into the colorado mtns to some remote lake or stream and fish for golden trout. Taking govt transportation to get him there, definitely not authorizedSent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stony Posted December 17, 2020 Share #15 Posted December 17, 2020 5 hours ago, BILL THE PATCH said: I remember when reading his book, how he would sneak off and go I think into the colorado mtns to some remote lake or stream and fish for golden trout. Taking govt transportation to get him there, definitely not authorized Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk His buddy Bud Anderson and him actually got a bunch of the golden trout from Colorado and used an USAF cargo plane to transport them to a lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains so they would be closer to the fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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