Pilot Chuck Yeager Dies at 97, Had 'The Right Stuff' and Then Some

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A great hero. I encourage anyone to read Chuck Yeager's autobiography. Besides breaking the sound barrier, he was a WW2 ace, and later flew fighter missions in Vietnam War after his test pilot days.

Also Tom wolfe's hagiography 'the right stuff' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Right_Stuff_(book)

One of the greats. A long career of high-risk flying, and he lived to 97.

There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but no old bold pilots.*

*except Yeager.

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