I seem to remember reading in his biography that Chuck Yeager learned to fly before he learned how to drive.
1 posted on
10/12/2018 6:28:11 AM PDT by
fugazi
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2 posted on
10/12/2018 6:28:43 AM PDT by
fugazi
To: fugazi
JEB Stuart literally rode circles around Maclellan.
3 posted on
10/12/2018 6:52:51 AM PDT by
IronJack
To: fugazi
7 posted on
10/12/2018 7:45:48 AM PDT by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: fugazi
I seem to remember reading in his biography that Chuck Yeager learned to fly before he learned how to driveThat's not unusual in aviation because of driving laws. General Yeager probably knew how to drive, but was unlicensed, the same situation with my son, "Ace." He had to ride his bike to the airport to "solo." He had not completed the academic requirements yet.
8 posted on
10/12/2018 8:00:34 AM PDT by
Ace's Dad
("John James for US Senate. Dump Debbie!! Let's Fly, Michigan.")
To: fugazi
Question from ignorance: how does a fighter pilot drop an enemy plane without firing a shot?
10 posted on
10/12/2018 8:16:18 AM PDT by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: fugazi
Yeager was the first man to shoot down a jet. And he did it in a P-51.
He caught an ME-262 on short final and “dirtied-up” for landing. Gear down, flaps down and throttled back. Early turbojet engines had lots of “turbine lag,” which made them notoriously slow to spool up. So it was high on drag and low on power and it was going to require several seconds to change that.
It was a sitting duck. And he showed it no mercy.
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