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The Right Stuff

A great American, Chuck Yaeger, has passed. He was, "the most righteous of all those with the right stuff," said Maj. Gen. Curtis Bedke, commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards. 

Great time to watch a great movie again, in his honor. RIP.
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General Yeager is one of my all-time heroes
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Even at 89 he was impressive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS9aQLQDSmU

Is that a man?
Yeah, you’re damn right it is!
https://youtu.be/LQt579381OI?t=307
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They don't build them like Chuck Yeager anymore.

I'm not too sure if they did back then, but they're not even allowed to try now.

Brave beyond any reasonable doubt.
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In his book The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe writes about the impact Chuck Yeager had. His accent, style and speech patterns, the whole thing about staying cool as a cucumber under pressure, the way all pilots talk today, Wolfe goes into incredible detail but basically, that all came from Chuck Yeager.
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His autobiography is a great read. I especially remember the way he spoke how good his eyesight was and one time he and his wingman encountered a couple of dozen German fighters that Yeager saw 50 miles away. To Yeager it was like a kid in a candy store and he couldn’t wait to mix it up. I think that was the day he shot down five enemy planes
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