October 16, 201213 yr Or because he's not qualified to fly the jet.. I've heard it both ways. Clearly the former in this case, seeing as how he took off and landed the jet (probably just to demo how to do it for the pilot): Yeager flew the F-15 as it took off and landed, said Airman Timothy Young, a Nellis spokesman.
October 16, 201213 yr Clearly the former in this case, seeing as how he took off and landed the jet (probably just to demo how to do it for the pilot): Ah, you're probably right. The kid up front was probably just an RTU student sandbagging.
October 16, 201213 yr EAGLE!! When is the F-22 going to crush these records? Someone on TR-2 should get on that. Anyway, It's a cool throw back to history but it certainly doesn't take any skill to fly supersonic in a modern fighter - as long as you can figure how to get the throttles over the hump into afterburner. It's impressive that he passed his physical at his age though. I wonder how he did in the G-X? That is pretty cool... and some funky ass music too. Seems to me that naturally the next thing that we should do, now that Red Bull Stratos has succeeded, is repeat a flight like that with a strike eagle, and then have the guy in back eject right at the top. Watching Felix's balloon go up took way too long, so I think this would be a much better for the future. I guess they would have to do some modifications to protect the pilot and the rest of the plane during the ejection at such a high altitude, as well as to accomodate pressure suits, etc. I bet it could be done though. I'll chip in $20 if anyone wants to take on this project.
October 17, 201213 yr I'll chip in $20 if anyone wants to take on this project. Great, I'm in. Send me $20.
October 28, 201213 yr Standard Huggy. Flying whore. I thought the difference between whores and prostitutes was....oh, nevermind.
August 4, 201312 yr Thread revival! Looks like Chuck and his new wife is trying to squeeze ever last red cent out of his legacy: https://www.chuckyeager.com/ Here you can get a personalized autograph from the man himself for the low, low price of $100!
August 5, 201312 yr Thread revival! Looks like Chuck and his new wife is trying to squeeze ever last red cent out of his legacy: https://www.chuckyeager.com/ Here you can get a personalized autograph from the man himself for the low, low price of $100! Jeeeze... My kid has his autograph. I will get it from him and sell it to anyone here for $10. That's 90% off! FM PS: My kid is 30 y. o. Marine and doesn't care... Edited August 5, 201312 yr by GrndPndr
August 5, 201312 yr I particularly liked this gem on the website: "Please do not send any Boy Scout letter requests to General Yeager. As he receives over 500 per week; he cannot personally answer ALL of them, so he answers none."
August 5, 201312 yr Big surprise... https://generalchuckyeager.com.ip4.bz/ Domain Whois Information DOMAIN: GENERALCHUCKYEAGER.COM RSP: iDotz.Net - Domain Name Registration Service owner-contact: P-VQY60 owner-organization: General Chuck Yeager, Inc. owner-fname: Victoria owner-lname: Yeager owner-street: P.O. Box 1507 owner-city: Penn Valley owner-state: CA owner-zip: 95946 owner-country: US owner-phone: +1.53043270** owner-fax: +1.53043270**
August 5, 201312 yr I particularly liked this gem on the website: "Please do not send any Boy Scout letter requests to General Yeager. As he receives over 500 per week; he cannot personally answer ALL of them, so he answers none." Also: "PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS TO ASK FOR EAGLE SCOUT COMMENDATION LETTERS. Gen. Yeager believes that a Scout's sense of accomplishment that comes from within is more important than a letter from a stranger"
August 5, 201312 yr He signed my Gathering of Eagles print, I wonder if I have to send him some money now....
August 5, 201312 yr Big surprise... https://generalchuckyeager.com.ip4.bz/ We should start calling, emailing and faxing Eagle Scout recommendations to these numbers and email address to see if we can crash their system.... Unfornately, people are and will pay the $100 for his autograph and don't see how big of an a-hole he really is. Edited August 5, 201312 yr by Tank
August 5, 201312 yr Gee...I didn't see BO on the "Yeager's Favorite Links" dropdown either. Wonder how much it costs to put it there?
August 5, 201312 yr We've talked about Gen. Yeager's attitude (and the reasons behind it) before, and I hesitate further denigrating the man. However, I think the real culprit may well be his present wife, of whom I feel little respect for. Hell, he should be out hunting and fishing until the bitter end, anyway. Perhaps a focus on her (assuming she is photogenic) would be in order? FM
August 6, 201312 yr Well, at least she's smoking hot... Perhaps a focus on her (assuming she is photogenic) would be in order? FM I agree that she is at least 50% of the problem and some more focus should be directed toward her. I think the photogenic part is answered.
August 6, 201312 yr Thread revival! Looks like Chuck and his new wife is trying to squeeze ever last red cent out of his legacy: https://www.chuckyeager.com/ Here you can get a personalized autograph from the man himself for the low, low price of $100! Send him the picture of Sam Shepard from The Right Stuff to autograph... ...and sell it to the Vegas pawn shop for $200. Win/Win.
August 6, 201312 yr Send him the picture of Sam Shepard from The Right Stuff to autograph... ...and sell it to the Vegas pawn shop for $200. Win/Win. The Pawn guy would probably only offer $5. Still a win. Especially if it made it to the TV show.
August 7, 201312 yr What do you suppose she the foundation is after? URGENT: If you live in West Virginia, Alabama, or Georgia and have purchased anything from “aviationautographs.com”, or if you attended Maxwell AFB Air Command & Staff College between 1982 and 2000, the General Yeager Foundation needs your help. Please contact editor@chuckyeager.net immediately. Thank you!
August 7, 201312 yr What do you suppose she the foundation is after? URGENT: If you live in West Virginia, Alabama, or Georgia and have purchased anything from “aviationautographs.com”, or if you attended Maxwell AFB Air Command & Staff College between 1982 and 2000, the General Yeager Foundation needs your help. Please contact editor@chuckyeager.net immediately. Thank you! My guess is $.
August 7, 201312 yr My guess is $. Shack, hence my previous comment... He signed my Gathering of Eagles print, I wonder if I have to send him some money now....
August 7, 201312 yr What do you suppose she the foundation is after? URGENT: If you live in West Virginia, Alabama, or Georgia and have purchased anything from “aviationautographs.com”, or if you attended Maxwell AFB Air Command & Staff College between 1982 and 2000, the General Yeager Foundation needs your help. Please contact editor@chuckyeager.net immediately. Thank you! All they need to do is sell a few of the $10,000 bronze statues of himself and they're back in business. https://rightstuffstore.com/showitem.php?item_id=67
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