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Post by davidbeegah on Dec 7, 2020 23:17:15 GMT -5
Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager (February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020), one of the U.S. Air Force's most decorated test pilots the 1st human to break sound barrier, has passed away at 97. He was portrayed in the movie "The Right Stuff" by actor Sam Shepard. Rest Well Sir... What a life.. Chuck Yeager |
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Post by crowschmo on Dec 8, 2020 15:56:55 GMT -5
Godspeed.  |
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Post by Mod City on Dec 9, 2020 13:40:52 GMT -5
Read somewhere he was passed over for the space program because he didn't go to college. I know astronauts need a hell of a resume, but I think this guy had his bases covered.
Rest well, sir.
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Post by davidbeegah on Dec 12, 2020 0:38:26 GMT -5
Read somewhere he was passed over for the space program because he didn't go to college. I know astronauts need a hell of a resume, but I think this guy had his bases covered.
That's very true. You can see a reference to this in the 1983 movie The Right Stuff. Where Chuck Yeager has a cameo. Hey Y'all want a drink of whiskey?That bar in the movie was a real place. Named the Pancho Barnes Happy Bottom Riding Club. Run by Pancho Barnes herself. She was quite the character and the bar was legendary back in the day. In fact The Pancho Barnes Happy Bottom Riding Club was referenced on Star Trek Deep Space 9's promenade directory.. (Along with Tom Servo's Used Robots) |
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Post by timmy on Dec 12, 2020 17:12:25 GMT -5
Read somewhere he was passed over for the space program because he didn't go to college. I know astronauts need a hell of a resume, but I think this guy had his bases covered.
That's very true. You can see a reference to this in the 1983 movie The Right Stuff. Where Chuck Yeager has a cameo. Hey Y'all want a drink of whiskey?That bar in the movie was a real place. Named the Pancho Barnes Happy Bottom Riding Club. Run by Pancho Barnes herself. She was quite the character and the bar was legendary back in the day. In fact The Pancho Barnes Happy Bottom Riding Club was referenced on Star Trek Deep Space 9's promenade directory.. (Along with Tom Servo's Used Robots) |
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Post by timmy on Dec 12, 2020 17:14:43 GMT -5
That's very true. You can see a reference to this in the 1983 movie The Right Stuff. Where Chuck Yeager has a cameo. Hey Y'all want a drink of whiskey?That bar in the movie was a real place. Named the Pancho Barnes Happy Bottom Riding Club. Run by Pancho Barnes herself. She was quite the character and the bar was legendary back in the day. In fact The Pancho Barnes Happy Bottom Riding Club was referenced on Star Trek Deep Space 9's promenade directory.. (Along with Tom Servo's Used Robots)they also have Milliways too. |
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Post by timmy on Dec 12, 2020 17:23:19 GMT -5
anyway, RIP to Brig Gen Chuck Yeager. he also flew missions in Vietnam too (in a B-57 Canberra)  |
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