Chuck Yeager nie żyje

[maackn]

Chuck Yeager nie żyje. Zmarł w wieku 97 lat.

[kanarkusmaximus]

Warto tu dodać dwa adresy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager
oraz jego stronę oficjalną:
https://www.chuckyeager.com/ (niestety od dość dawna nie była aktualizowana)

Niesamowitą karierę miał  Chuck Yeager. Aż dziwne, że nigdy nie poleciał w kosmos. W latach 80. XX wieku jako jeden ze "specjalistów misji" w locie wahadłowca spokojnie by mógł polecieć.

[Mikkael]

Człowiek-legenda.

Jest jednym z głównych bohaterów filmu "The Right Stuff" z 1983 roku (w tej roli Sam Shepard), w którym nawet epizodycznie się pojawił jako... Fred.

Była i gra komputerowa, symulator "Chuck Yeager's Air Combat" - całkiem przyjemna.

...a co się tyczy "The Right Stuff", to w tym roku pojawił się pierwszy sezon serialu o amerykańskich astronautach i nosi dokładnie taką samą nazwę (oparty o rewelacyjną książkę Toma Wolfe) 

[JSz]

Autor wspomnianej książki, Tom Wolfe, to też legenda, zresztą mocno na to zapracował choćby swoim stylem bycia. Na marginesie, jego książka "The Right Stuff" była dwa razy wydana w Polsce, za każdym razem pod innym tytułem: "S-kadra" i "Najlepsi. Kowboje, którzy polecieli w kosmos", zaś film, który miał taki sam tytuł w oryginale, w Polsce wyświetlano jako "Pierwszy krok w kosmos". Tyle kłopotu narobił Wolfe tłumaczom przez ten tytuł .

Książka rzeczywiście dobra, i rzeczywiście dużo miejsca poświęca Yeagerowi - tak pasowało Wolfe'owi do koncepcji. Warto ją przeczytać, choć mnie nieco przeszkadza amerykańska wymuszona błyskotliwość i efektowne, ale też niepotrzebne uproszczenia.

[Orionid]

Chuck Yeager, właśc. Charles Elwood Yeager (13.02.1923-07.12.2020)

Choć nie poleciał w kosmos, to odegrał nie do przecenienia rolę w przecieraniu szlaków do niego.

NASA Administrator Statement on Passing of Gen. Chuck Yeager
Dec. 8, 2020 RELEASE 20-125


Photo of Chuck Yeager, taken in the 1990s. In 1947, Yeager became the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound. Credits: Air Force Test Center History Office

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the passing of Gen. Chuck Yeager:

“Today's passing of Gen. Chuck Yeager is a tremendous loss to our nation. Gen. Yeager's pioneering and innovative spirit advanced America's abilities in the sky and set our nation's dreams soaring into the jet age and the space age. He said, ‘You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.’

“Among many firsts in more than 60 years in aviation, Chuck was the first man to fly at the speed of sound, and his achievements rival any of our greatest firsts in space. Not content to rest on his laurels, he went on to break his own record and travel at Mach 2.44. But even before that he was serving his country heroically in World War II. Long after he became a legend in his own time, he continued to serve his country through the military and later in his ongoing work to test new aircraft.

“Chuck's bravery and accomplishments are a testament to the enduring strength that made him a true American original, and NASA's Aeronautics work owes much to his brilliant contributions to aerospace science. As a young naval aviator, I was one of many around the world who looked up to Chuck Yeager and his amazing feats as a test pilot. His path blazed a trail for anyone who wanted to push the limits of human potential, and his achievements will guide us for generations to come.”
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-administrator-statement-on-passing-of-gen-chuck-yeager

Chuck Yeager, pilot who was first to break sound barrier, dies at 97


Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, has died aged 97. Photograph: Fred Prouser/Reuters

(...) Although his lack of a college education meant he was not chosen for Nasa’s burgeoning astronaut programme, he and many of his air force colleagues regarded pilots in Project Mercury – the main focus of Wolfe’s book – as “spam in a can” who did not do any proper flying.

They were, to Yeager and his cohort, mere passengers “throwing the right switches on instructions from the ground”.

Yeager, however, would go on to join Nasa’s Gemini and Apollo programmes. Throughout his life, he broke numerous speed and altitude records, including becoming the first person to travel 2.5 times the speed of sound. (...)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/08/chuck-yeager-dead-pilot-first-to-break-sound-barrier-dies-death-aged-97

Scott Kelly@StationCDRKelly
Iconic Test Pilot General Chuck Yeager has slipped the surly bonds of earth. A WWII fighter ace and the first human to break the sound barrier.
He was a true legend with the right stuff. Fair winds and following seas, General Yeager. #RIPChuckYeager
6:14 AM · 8 gru 2020 https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly/status/1336177364036775937

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55225903
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/002361.html
http://www.astronautix.com/y/yeager.html
AA https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4315.msg154499#msg154499

EDIT 24.02.23
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/000490.html

EDIT 13.10.23
https://twitter.com/spacemen1969/status/1712860758093001081

13 octobre
Le #UnJourUnObjetSpatial d'il y a 5 ans (un nouvel objet arrive dimanche)@GenChuckYeager

Un Jour - Un Objet Spatial
(n° 00140 / 13 octobre 2018)
Photo du Bell X-1 exposé au NASM signée par Chuck Yeager
http://souvenirsdespace.lebonforum.com/t1575p125-un-jour-un-objet-spatial#4684 #UnJourUnObjetSpatial

Armstrong Air & Space Museum @armstrongspace 7:07 PM · Feb 13, 2025
#OnThisDay in 1923, Chuck Yeager was born in Myra, West Virginia. He made history on October 14, 1947, as the first person to break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1.
Yeager flew over 360 different aircraft in his career, logging over 10,000 hours in the air.

https://x.com/armstrongspace/status/1890100421089480902

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Eighty-Nine Year Old Chuck Yeager • F-15 Eagle Honor Flight
4 304 517 wyświetleń


General Chuck Yeager
11 126 wyświetleń•8 gru 2020 National Museum of the U.S. Air Force


Challenger Explosion: Chuck Yeager reaction


Chuck Yeager on Letterman, September 10, 1982


From 1983: Chuck Yeager on "The Right Stuff"
12 220 wyświetleń•8 gru 2020


Remembering Chuck Yeager, first person to break the sound barrier
8420 wyświetleń•9 gru 2020


EDIT 13.02.23
https://twitter.com/spacemen1969/status/1625030763228934148
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1625147801410609153
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2023-02-13-gen-chuck-yeager-born-100-years-ago-today/
Mustang Monday- 13 Feb 2023 Gen. Chuck Yeager Born 100 years ago today.


EDIT 13.02.23
26.03.1948 Chuck Yeager na samolocie Bell X-1 wzniósł się z najwyższą prędkością i wysokością ze wszystkich pilotowanych samolotów w tamtym czasie. Osiągnął prędkość 1,45 Macha i poleciał na wysokość 71 900 stóp. 
https://twitter.com/spacemen1969/status/1639874824473395200
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1639995142055550976

EDIT 13.02.24
https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1757112521301827933

13 February 1923. Birth of Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager, WWII and Korean war pilot, Major General in the USAF and noted test pilot. First pilot to travel faster than sound.

California aviation fans remember Chuck Yeager on his 100th birthday | To The Point

https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1772327202882756910

26 March 1948. With Charles Yeager at the controls, the X-1 attained a speed of 957 miles per hour, Mach 1.45, at an altitude of 71,900 feet. This was the highest velocity and altitude reached by a manned aeroplane up to that time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager