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  • Never met the guy, but if he's still got a hair on his old fighter pilot ass, he'd throw up on me if I looked him in the eye and called him "sweet and charming". Not sure what your background is, but

  • 2. It is beyond me how he continues to ruin the legacy that he could have had. He just won't shut up. It's too bad that Hoover or Bud Anderson wasn't the first to go supersonic. These two epit

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    Just because he's old doesn't mean he can't smell what the rock is cooking.

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

Wow. From the website...

"Description:

Full body - 12-13" tall of General Chuck Yeager in his flight suit, created by the world-renoun artist, Artist in - Residence at the White House under President Reagan, Doug Van Howd. Proceeds go to the General Chuck Yeager Foundation. Limited edition. General Yeager's signature is on the base of the sculpture."

I wasn't an English major, but that's embarrassing. "World-renoun"? 12-13" tall? I guess you might get a 12 inch or a 13 inch model (sts) depending on when you order. You pay $10,200 for the sculpture, but they still charge $200 for shipping. For a 12-13" statue? They must pack it in gold leaf. Or maybe he signs the shipping box. The Chuck Yeager foundation has a prodigy.net email address. I didn't even know Prodigy still existed. I wonder if you need a 2400baud modem to connect. I tried to click on the link to the Chuck Yeager foundation site and get nothing but an internal service error message.

OK, maybe the guy is a jerk, but he's still a national icon. Maybe someone should start a fund to Save Yeager from whomever is in the process of turning him into a Mexican souvenir stand laughingstock.

Wow. From the website...

"Description: Full body - 12-13" tall of General Chuck Yeager in his flight suit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTZXp0dSzTw

But I think what they are saying is you can but a 1 ft tall Yeager with his signature for $10k, or you can donate to one of the 3 life-size statues that cost $150k

Shack, hence my previous comment...

I got the print and the book, I must really owe some $$$$.

OK, maybe the guy is a jerk, but he's still a national icon. Maybe someone should start a fund to Save Yeager from whomever is in the process of turning him into a Mexican souvenir stand laughingstock.

Sorry, but from people that I've talked with who knew him "way back when", he's always been a prick. This money grubbing, and wife aren't the culprits. National icon, yes, good dude, no.

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Sorry, but from people that I've talked with who knew him "way back when", he's always been a prick. This money grubbing, and wife aren't the culprits. National icon, yes, good dude, no.

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This. A guy can be a national icon without being an ate up profiteering dick, reference Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

I didn't attend ACSC between 1982 and 2069 or whatever the website says, but I'm tempted to write them and say I did just to see what their angle is.

This. A guy can be a national icon without being an ate up profiteering dick, reference Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

You mean the same Buzz Aldrin that whores himself out on the WWE?

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You mean the same Buzz Aldrin that whores himself out on the WWE?

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Just because he's old doesn't mean he can't smell what the rock is cooking.

I didn't attend ACSC between 1982 and 2069 or whatever the website says, but I'm tempted to write them and say I did just to see what their angle is.

Already done. Awaiting response, will report.

The website is crap. It's all just crap. There are typos all over the place. Can anyone tell me what the hell a "utem" is?

Full body - 12-13" tall of General Chuck Yeager in his flight suit, created by the world-renoun artist, Artist in - Residence at the White House under President Reagan, Doug Van Howd.

I've had to literally read that 8 or 9 times to conjure up some vague idea of what that sorry excuse of a sentence was describing.

By the way, his wife looks like a dude with a bad mullet... not that there has ever been a good one besides the one my boy, Joe, sports.

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I came across this little gem while doing some research for one of my masters papers on the Air Force crimes website. https://blogs.militar...to-white-house/ . Some of the comments are interesting to read.

The petition needs 100,000 signatures by Sept. 17 to get a response. As of Wednesday, it only had 78 signatures.

Very telling...

Very telling...

I read the article, don't agree, did some fancy flying and all but I've had the same experience with him that seems to prevail in this thread. Not worth all of the hoopla and fanfare that will go into pinning another star on him, it serves no purpose. Besides, rank is not given as a reward for past performance but rather as an acknowledgement of future potential. I dare say, he's tapped out.

I came across this little gem while doing some research for one of my masters papers on the Air Force crimes website. https://blogs.militar...to-white-house/ . Some of the comments are interesting to read.

Aren't promotions based on "future performance potential"?

Well he currently acts like he's got 5 stars.. guess we have to make another rank so he can up his game.

  • 5 months later...

I don't care who you are, do NOT fuck with a HOA.

Chuck Yeager sued by California homeowners group

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —Chuck Yeager, the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound, is facing a very different type of challenge - this one in a California courtroom.

A homeowners association is suing the retired Air Force brigadier general and his wife, saying they owe about $28,000 in fees on two units they own in a town house complex in Sacramento.

The Sacramento Bee reports that the 90-year-old Yeager was in court Tuesday for the case, which has gone to trial.

The Yeagers' attorney, Michael Thomas, says their properties were never annexed to the association, Park River Oak Estates.

Yeager told the Bee he has seen more interesting cases, such as the time he presided over the court-martial of a colonel who was charged with strafing a Soviet ship.

I don't care who you are, do NOT fuck with a HOA.

I don't care who you are, NEVER own a house involved in an HOA.

Yeager told the Bee he has seen more interesting cases, such as the time he presided over the court-martial of a colonel who was charged with strafing a Soviet ship.

Jack Broughton did not strafe the ship. He just stood up for his subordinates and destroyed the gun camera footage of the aircraft that did.

  • 1 month later...

Lol @ the option "take this up with congress and change the law"...this dude has a serious hard on for the old guy

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9 Incredible Achievements Of The 91-Year-Old Retired Air Force General Who Broke The Sound Barrier

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Lol @ the option "take this up with congress and change the law"...this dude has a serious hard on for the old guy

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Yeah, the lack of a "shut the fuck up and live with it like the rest of us" option negates any reason to vote in this "poll"...

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