Dec 11, 2020
Chuck Yeager, who passed on December 7, 2020, was the first ever pilot to break the sound barrier. Annoyed at comments that he had in-born talent, he said, “I worked my tail off learning to learn how to fly, and worked hard at it all the way.”
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Also check out:
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe: https://amzn.to/376rSwg
Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager and Lee Janos: https://amzn.to/3qPdWP9
Press On!: Further Adventures in the Good Life by Chuck Yeager and Charles Leerhsen: https://amzn.to/3mcHQJo
Chasing the Demon: A Secret History of the Quest for the Sound Barrier, and the Band of American Aces Who Conquered It by Dan Hampton: https://amzn.to/2KfbVe6
The Right
Stuff, directed by
Philip Kaufman: https://amzn.to/2Kivthz