General Yeager was a fighter pilot in WWII, a jet age test pilot, the first man to break the sound barrier in an aircraft, amongst many other things. His test flights in some incredibly dangerous aircraft helped pave the way for all sorts of advancements in aircraft, spacecraft, missile development and some of the groundwork for us to go to the moon. 1940s and 50s aviation was a wild place.
Rest Easy, General.
RIP
American Hero and American Bad Ass. RIP.
JadeRose wrote:
+1
He may not been one of the Mercury Seven but he certainly had the right stuff.
Huge stones. AMAZING.
RIP sir...
