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Chuck Yeager

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Sad, but I guess inevitable news....but what a life!
Chuck Yeager: First pilot to fly supersonic dies aged 97 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55225903
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A hero of my youth. Must have had ice in his veins. The right stuff indeed. RIP.
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Loved watching 'the Right Stuff'.

Fly in the ointment was British stupidity letting the US govt walk away with the Miles airframe blueprints that became the Bell X-1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_X1
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