Have you re-watched #TheRightStuff lately? Do yourself a favour and take it all in again. An epic choice for the holidays. Cinema at its best. #TheMercuryAstronauts

Have you re-watched #TheRightStuff lately? Do yourself a favour and take it all in again. An epic choice for the holidays. Cinemat at its best. #TheMercuryAstronauts

Jetzt hab ich doch glatt vergessen gestern an #chuckyeager zu erinnern! Happy Birthday in Heaven #testpilot #mach1 #therightstuff

Chuck Yeager, pilot who broke the sound barrier, dies at 97

US Air Force officer and test pilot Chuck Yeager, known as "the fastest man alive," has died at the age of 97.

His wife, Victoria, tweeted from Yeager's verified Twitter account on Monday night that the World War II flying ace had died just before 9 p.m. ET.

"An incredible life well lived, America's greatest pilot," she tweeted. ...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/us/chuck-yeager-death/index.html

#ChuckYeager #obituary #TheRightStuff

R.I.P. Chuck Yeager. First pilot to fly supersonic and one of my childhood heros!

"You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up." Chuck Yeager (1923- 2020)

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