In addition to being the son of farmers, starting out in the Army Air Force as a private, and working his way up to Brigadier General, and becoming a fighter pilot and serving on active duty during three wars (and really, if I list everything he did we'll be here all week), General Yeager was the first pilot to break the sound barrier. What a life he had.
I read a biography of him when I was a girl, which led to me joining the Civil Air Patrol when I was 13. He's also the reason I chose the Air Force when I decided to enlist in the military. If a West Virginian farm boy could do all that, I thought, then nothing should hold me back.
Wherever you go from here, General, I know you'll be flying high. Safe journey.
Image credit: United States Air Force
2 comments:
Jimmy knew him. Not well by any means, but he'd met with Yeager several times when he was in charge of a P-51 Merlin Rebuild facility. He much preferred Bud Anderson.
RIP Mr Yeager
Ah, the triple ace. :) Another legend of the skies. His memoir is awesome, too.
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