October 16, 201213 yr Thought forum members would like to see this. He's still very articulate for being a young 89 years old... John http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/15/us/nevada-yeager-anniversary-flight/index.html
October 16, 201213 yr He's still very articulate for being a young 89 years old. Quite amazing indeed! Thanks for sharing. DIMITRI
October 16, 201213 yr Legend.......And what a historic moment, 65 years to the minute. Cheers Matthew Kane I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me
October 17, 201213 yr very cool Jeff D. Nielsen (KMCI) https://www.twitch.tv/pilotskcx https://discord.io/MaxDutyDay VENGEANCE a8200 Gaming PC: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, GeForce RTX 5080, 64GB DDR5, 4TB (2TB/2TB) M.2 SSD, Win11 Pro
October 17, 201213 yr But not as well as Fearless Felix ! I was very curious as to how high those balloons can go, unmanned. I think the record altitude is 172,000 feet, give or take. Quite amazing. I was flying home to Phoenix one time, and the pilot pointed out a research balloon as we were over New Mexico. It was as bright as the brightest star, way above us. Back to Felix, I find myself watching the jump over and over--it's just breathtaking. He really approached the project in the right way--training, training and training again. And taking the two practice jumps so he would know what to expect. I also thought it was awesome that Kittinger was part of the project--that he was humble enough to help Felix break his own records speaks a lot for the man. Regards, John
October 17, 201213 yr Chuck Yeager was one of my inspirations growing up! He was fearless and had the swagger it took to pioneer things that we use in aviation today! Good to see him still at it. Thanks, O. Skinner
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