RIP CHUCK YEAGER!

[MIflyer]

By the way, the book "Into the Unknown: The X-1 Story" is really good. It covers the early flights in Orlando, FL, too.

 

[vikingBerserker]

 

[Zipper730]

Whoah, I didn't know he died. That's quite a surprise.

 

[Gnomey]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Whiskey?

 

[P-39 Expert]

Legend. RIP.

 

[T Bolt]

 

[Peter Gunn]

Big hero of mine growing up, probably the last one from my childhood.

 

[TheMadPenguin]

Chuck Yeager, famed pilot and legendary West Virginian, has died - WV MetroNews

 

[Dash119]

 

[Lucky13]

 

[imalko]

 

[soulezoo]

One conversation I had with him didn't involve aircraft but rather hunting and our shared love of Weatherbys.

RIP sir. He was truly an American Icon and hero.

 

[Lucky13]

 

[XBe02Drvr]

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Pancho's at last!

 

[Graeme]

 

[Peter Gunn]

Whiskey?

 

[Peter Gunn]

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Screen cap from "Toward the Unknown" with William Holden?

 

[Peter Gunn]

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Not gonna lie, this one brought a bit of a tear to my eye.

 

[T Bolt]

Same here