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    RIP Chuck Yeager

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    • atfsgeoff
      atfsgeoff last edited by

      We have lost a true legend among men.

      Passed a couple hours ago at the ripe old age of 97. Godspeed, or as it were, Yeagerspeed, sir.

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      • LooseonExit
        LooseonExit last edited by

        Never ending year.

        😞

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        • Chariotoflove
          Chariotoflove last edited by

          A good life well lived.

          Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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          • Just Jeepin'
            Just Jeepin' last edited by

            Well, shit. Godspeed.

            On walkabout. Back soonish.

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            • pos_camaro
              pos_camaro @atfsgeoff last edited by

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              2017 X5
              1971 Camaro

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              • atfsgeoff
                atfsgeoff @pos_camaro last edited by atfsgeoff

                @pos_camaro They better have one super badass flyover at his funeral. Would be the most apropos time ever to drag a sonic boom across a populated area too.

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                • Jcarr
                  Jcarr last edited by

                  Some people you just expect to live forever. Yeager was one of those folks.

                  Survived a 100,000-foot flat spin, only to eject and have his helmet catch fire.

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                  • pos_camaro
                    pos_camaro @atfsgeoff last edited by

                    @atfsgeoff A 21 Boom salute would be totally appropriate.

                    2017 X5
                    1971 Camaro

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                    • ttyymmnn
                      ttyymmnn @LooseonExit last edited by

                      @looseonexit said in RIP Chuck Yeager:

                      Never ending year.

                      😞

                      This guy has had one hell of a run and lived to a ripe old age. Can't blame this one on 2020.

                      #Planelopnik all the things

                      Yamaha YTR-8335
                      Yamaha YTR-8445
                      Schilke P5-4

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                      • ttyymmnn
                        ttyymmnn @atfsgeoff last edited by

                        @atfsgeoff

                        Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
                        And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
                        Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
                        Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
                        You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
                        High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
                        I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
                        My eager craft through footless halls of air...
                        Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
                        I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
                        Where never lark or even eagle flew --
                        And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
                        The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
                        Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

                        CAVU. Godspeed, General Yeager.

                        #Planelopnik all the things

                        Yamaha YTR-8335
                        Yamaha YTR-8445
                        Schilke P5-4

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                        • ClassicDatsunDebate
                          ClassicDatsunDebate @atfsgeoff last edited by

                          @atfsgeoff Godspeed Chuck

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                          • LooseonExit
                            LooseonExit @ttyymmnn last edited by

                            @ttyymmnn said in RIP Chuck Yeager:

                            @looseonexit said in RIP Chuck Yeager:

                            Never ending year.

                            😞

                            This guy has had one hell of a run and lived to a ripe old age. Can't blame this one on 2020.

                            Yeah, I didn’t really think it through and I should have been less hasty to post... Wasn't trying to be 2020meme-ish, just been a (seemingly never ending) number of good and interesting folks lost this year. In general it’s sad and a bit surreal to see people I grew up reading stories about or hearing about people my parents talk about/grew up with pass away.

                            RIP Chuck Yeager

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                            • gettingoldercarguy
                              gettingoldercarguy @ttyymmnn last edited by

                              @ttyymmnn I can and will blame this on 2020

                              #modlyfecrisis victim

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                              • Shop-Teacher
                                Shop-Teacher last edited by

                                Oh man. I actually have a bit of a tear welling up 😞

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                                • ttyymmnn
                                  ttyymmnn @LooseonExit last edited by

                                  @looseonexit No worries. Nothing more than bad timing, IMO.

                                  #Planelopnik all the things

                                  Yamaha YTR-8335
                                  Yamaha YTR-8445
                                  Schilke P5-4

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                                  • jayvincent
                                    jayvincent @atfsgeoff last edited by

                                    Blue skies, Chuck, you served your country well and now you can rest.

                                    @atfsgeoff @ttyymmnn @Skyfire77 - when quarantine starts to make you crazy, let me recommend "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. Yeager only gets a couple of sections (the book really focuses on the precursors to supersonic flight rather than the denouement of achieving it), but it's an engrossing read for anyone who's a fan of aviation history.

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                                    Hondas, Accuras, BMWs and a 300ZX (gone but not forgotten Tc, Ford Ranger)

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                                    • Mark Tucker
                                      Mark Tucker last edited by

                                      Well, damn... Here's to one of the "very few old bold pilots." RIP, sir.

                                      "The previous owner did that; it's been like that since I bought it."

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                                      • phenotyp
                                        phenotyp last edited by

                                        Well, shit.
                                        A life well-lived, indeed. What a ride.

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                                        • phenotyp
                                          phenotyp last edited by

                                          From a Twitter acct I don't know how to link properly right now:

                                          Chuck Yeager was a West Virginian and @sydneemcelroy received a scholarship that was named after him. Every year the Yeager Scholars would have a banquet and Chuck Yeager would show up without fail.

                                          Every year, he would show up in a windbreaker and then take stage and announce β€œNow we’re gonna watch a movie about me.” We would then, in fact, watch a short film about Chuck Yeager. Anyway, that’s my anecdote.

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                                          • Skyfire77
                                            Skyfire77 @atfsgeoff last edited by

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                                            Yeager made a cameo appearance in the movie The Right Stuff (1983). He played "Fred," a bartender at "Pancho's Place", which was most appropriate, as Yeager said, "if all the hours were ever totaled, I reckon I spent more time at her place than in a cockpit over those years." His own role in the movie was played by Sam Shepard.

                                            RIP General Yeager.

                                            Wingnut. Aviation geek. Aircraft enthusiast. A plane freak.

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                                            • dieseldub
                                              dieseldub @atfsgeoff last edited by

                                              @atfsgeoff certified bad ass and legend.

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                                              Oppo's VAG and Euro diesel nerd and wrench turner.

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                                              • pip bip
                                                pip bip @atfsgeoff last edited by

                                                @atfsgeoff may he rest in peace.

                                                2014 Chery J3 - (18/7/20) meh.
                                                2011 Geely MK 1.5L (1/7/21)
                                                πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

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                                                • RallyDarkstrike
                                                  RallyDarkstrike last edited by

                                                  Oh man, 2020 😞

                                                  Godspeed Chuck...

                                                  '09 Hyundai Accent | Loves 2-cyl FIATs, old Euro, Eastern Bloc & kei cars!

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                                                  • StreetsofPerth
                                                    StreetsofPerth last edited by

                                                    A long and amazing life well lived.

                                                    1988 Volvo 240GL (ran when parked)

                                                    I stand with Ukraine. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

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