Except that he didn't prevent Dwight from becoming an astronaut. That was NASA's call, not Yeager's. The Kennedy White House was so hellbent on having a black astronaut that they sent a black pilot to test pilot school, which Yeager commanded at the time. The problem was that Dwight wasn't test pilot material. Yeager himself said that he had nothing against black pilots, and had flown with some really good ones, but that they didn't put in for test pilot school for their own reasons. Yeager had to relax standards and give a ton of extra help to Dwight, who wound up barely scraping through the school. So Yeager did his part. When Dwight was sent to NASA as an astronaut candidate, they chose not to select him.

(Written on 2020年12月11日)(Permalink)

Whoever downvoted this apparently doesn't understand what this thread is talking about. Oh behave!!

(Written on 2020年11月14日)(Permalink)

Mermaid Man: "EVIIIL!! EEEEEEEVIIIIIILLLL!! DEATH RAAAAAAY!!"

(Written on 2020年11月13日)(Permalink)

Beats sea bass! LOL!

(Written on 2020年11月13日)(Permalink)

Sad to see that KFLO will be left with no airline service at all. Delta pulled out in 2011, now AE is bailing. While I understand that the area isn't what one would call "bustling", it is still sad to see them go.

(Written on 2020年08月21日)(Permalink)

Here's an update: https://www.stripes.com/news/europe/he-was-the-love-of-my-life-air-force-pilot-who-died-in-f-15-crash-remembered-for-his-kindness-and-faith-1.633928

(Written on 2020年06月19日)(Permalink)

That's my favorite line out of that whole movie!

(Written on 2020年05月29日)(Permalink)

I've got two friends of mine who just got type rated on the 777 earlier this year, one Delta, one United. Both graduated from Jacksonville University in 2010, and now they're both out of jobs. Sad.

(Written on 2020年05月15日)(Permalink)

There's no shortage of folks holding CPLs. There IS a shortage of folks who have the time to be making crap pay while flying the red-eye flights out of Bismark and Little Rock on Christmas Eve for the first 5-7 years of their career. That was why I got out of aviation 10 years ago. We pilots put as much blood, sweat, tears, and money into our careers as any doctor or lawyer, but it takes us a heck of a lot longer to reap the benefits!

(Written on 2019年11月23日)(Permalink)

Unfortunately, Jim Bakker is back on one of the holy roller TV channels, peddling doomsday prepper meals and home lots on a doomsday ranch in Missouri.

(Written on 2019年06月07日)(Permalink)