Chuck Yeager Goes Boom

[jeepers]

Sorry, couldn't resist it. The legendary test pilot, first person to break the sound barrier, has died at 97.

 

[Jim Comic]

de sound barrier breakin' sonofabitch

 

[dennisfallen]

Sorry, couldn't resist it. The legendary test pilot, first person to break the sound barrier, has died at 97.

He was the first person to break the sound barrier in a plane.
The first person to break the sound barrier was the first person to crack a whip.

 

[Bishop Con Lucey]

Godspeed Chuck.

 

[king of the BONGO]

He was the first person to break the sound barrier in a plane.
The first person to break the sound barrier was the first person to crack a whip.

nerd alert.

 

[jeepers]

He was the first person to break the sound barrier in a plane.
The first person to break the sound barrier was the first person to crack a whip.

The end of the whip broke the sound barrier, the person didn't. Chuck was moving faster than the speed of sound. A bona fide American hero.

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

The end of the whip broke the sound barrier, the person didn't. Chuck was moving faster than the speed of sound. A bona fide American hero.

Bang on jeepersY. His autobiography is a great read - a fierce down-to-earth bloke. A couple of class anecdotes where he takes the piss out of Neil Armstrong too.

In fairness to Tom Wolfe - who could be a right old prick - he absolutely lionises Yeager in "The Right Stuff" - a fitting monument to the man.