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[the lancaster kicks ass]

pffftt, look how loose that formation is.......

 

[cheddar cheese]

I think you'll find its tight as a virgin.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

*DING* taking it a bat far wasn't that

and look at the lower 3 aircraft!!

 

[lesofprimus]

Oh BTW, Piss on Yeager....

 

[evangilder]

Aw, c'mon Les, tell us how you really feel!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Oh BTW, Piss on Yeager....

Yeager - Arrogant old SOB!!!

 

[evangilder]

Yeah, I know. But you do have to respect that he is a WWII vet. Other than that...flame away!

 

[Nonskimmer]

Well...he did break the sound barrier.

 

[evangilder]

That is debatable, actually. He is the first one to officially break the sound barrier.

 

[Nonskimmer]

True.

 

[evangilder]

But I will agree that he is arrogant. I never met him personally, but I know of others who have.

 

[lesofprimus]

Ive met him before, couple times, and aside from the fact that he's a vet and did his part, i dont like him or his attitude...

Watched him blow off a 12 year old kid for an autograph, told him he should have come earlier.... My Dad called him on it and had words with him, and had to be seperated... Pretty funny....

George Welsh, the hero of Pearl Harbor, was the first man to break the sound barrier, diving an XP-86.....

 

[evangilder]

Wow, I didn't know about that experience. I had heard he was arrogant, but that's just messed up. Good for your dad though.

 

[Nonskimmer]

George Welsh, eh? Yeah that name rings a bell. Besides the Pearl Harbor part, I mean. I knew of him from that already.

As for Yeager, it sounds like he's a grade A dick. In the few documentary interviews I'd seen of him, you'd never have guessed it. He seemed like a pretty laid back guy.

 

[plan_D]

There's reports of Luftwaffe pilots breaking the sound barrier during a power dive in World War 2. There's a big difference between officially breaking the sound barrier and just breaking it...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yes and yeagar was the first to do it in level flight, not in a dive.....

 

[P38 Pilot]

Yeager, dont know him but he does sound like a cocky prep.

 

[trackend]

Gone mono chrome for a while

 

[lesofprimus]

I certainly wouldnt want to be the pilot in that cockpit...

 

[evangilder]

Me either. Looking at the left wing damage, I wonder if that was a ground loop.