AlbertD Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 He was one of the great ones. May he rest in peace. Derek B, coogrfan, mpk and 6 others 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C. Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Very sad news indeed. If the oft used-phrase "he was a true trailblazer" ever was more appropriately applied, I cannot think of an instance. One of my boyhood heroes for sure! Blue skies forever, Colonel Yeager. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phasephantomphixer Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 He passed on Dec. 07... Met him Aug. 1986 at Fairgrounds where I grew up in No. Calif. He had the yellow conv. Corvette Indy pace car with strobe lights. I was assisting with the setup of the USAF booth for local recruiter while on delayed enlistment. Salute mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 A great life lived well clear skies General mpk and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Rest in peace sir blue skys forever Mark mpk and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Years ago I was on a recording session for some internet travel advertisement for Ireland. My days during this session, in which I recorded a small drum in a kitchen cupboard, I had time to kill. So I started reading Yeager's book again at the sessions. It disappeared! 2 weeks later it was returned to me after every individual on the session had read it and loved it. None of these musicians and technicians knew who he was until picking it up. Then they tried to sell it!!! I got it back. Vale, Mr Yeager. Blue skies. phasephantomphixer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discus Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 I'm sure he is already dogfighting with Bob (Hoover) somewhere up there. I had the opportunity to attend his conference when he visited Airbus in Toulouse some years ago (I think he was 85 at that time). What a character. I'll always remember at the end of his speach when he was presented with a seat to rest during the Q&A session... his answer was "I'm not that old" Eduard 1/48 built a long time ago. phasephantomphixer, Out2gtcha, mark31 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 RIP A long life well lived. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 RIP Chuck. I would see him up at Oshkosh a lot. I saw Chuck pull up in a golf cart once to pick up Gunther Rall to go to lunch. Rall was a guest at an aviation art booth phasephantomphixer, mpk and D Bellis 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 The USAF sent me to Oshkosh in the late 90’s. I was a lieutenant colonel at the time, I think, and was scurrying from my airplane to where I was supposed to be. Rounded the corner of the warbirds ops building and walked right into Gen Yeager who was going the other way. A bit awkward, but neither one of us missed a beat. Quick exchange of salutes, a nod, and he was on his way. He’d seen too many things in his life to be nonplussed by an errant O-5 in a sweaty flight suit. Rick Griewski, JayW, mpk and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 I communicated with him a few years back - great guy. A truly remarkable person. May he RIP! Cheers Alan phasephantomphixer and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Blue skies Chuck................. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Pull out your P-51 kits and do a tribute build. He was one of my hero's when I was a kid. Sweet barrel rolls over the Alps to you sir. mpk, phasephantomphixer and JayW 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 I met him at the Edwards gun club when my dad was stationed there (1958-1964) he later gave my dad an autographed picture of him by the X-1 to give to me. Years later when I was in the AF I wrote him a letter and copied the picture he gave me way back. He sent me a autographed picture of him next to the F-20 Tigershark. Still have them both. Another aviation legend gone. "Got any Beemans" Rick Griewski, mpk, Greg W and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepard Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 R.I.P mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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