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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That was the rocket sled, bunch too, right? Can you imagine that? 89, YUP a WHOLE lot of the right stuff. Probably 109, without that.

Yahoo General Yeager, my Hero!!

Gave us, everything he had...

Rest well Regards
Yeah but pretty enough to be played by Sam Shepard in the movie. Plus he still has that fighter pilot gleam in his eye even at 89!  

Not sure how much dramatic license Tom Wolfe took, he is known for his incredible research but still has to make a story so who knows, but its hard to tell if it was Yeager the system took a pass on - or the other way around. In any case I think its pretty clear where Tom Wolfe comes down on that one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqPkIgBqMCY

Damn, that is one fine movie.
Not pretty enough for the astronaut corps, however. Thanks military-industrial complex.
R.I.P. General Yeager. 
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
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.
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.