On this date 77 years ago Capt. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound in the Bell X-1 rocket plane.
General 10/14/1947
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I went to High School with some of his grandkids. He came and spoke a few times and did meet and greets. He might have even done one when we were in middle school.
Actually broken ribs, but close enough. Suffice it to say he was a tough bastard.
The Beeman’s may or may not be a screenwriter’s invention, but the broom stick is real history. He needed to “…wang it shut.”
The movie shows engineer Jack Ridley present for 3 of Yeager’s historic flights, but they took license with that. By the time of the 1963 altitude flight in the NF-104 he had been dead 5 years, in a transport plane that flew into the side of Mt. Fuji.
Absolutely true. Naval aviators and USAF pilots hold jerkoff contests whilst humming their respective service anthems regularly. 😆
“Remember when I waxed your tail?”
“Why, Hotdog, you were just in my shadow!”
“I was just layin’ there and the hatch just blew!”
“The issue ain’t pussy: the issue is monkey!”
“Why, Hotdog, you were just in my shadow!”
“I was just layin’ there and the hatch just blew!”
“The issue ain’t pussy: the issue is monkey!”
Pancho Barnes. Much more accurate portrayal than the TV movie where Valerie Bertinelli played her. Too cute by far. Yeager described her as having “…a face like a bucket of worms…”
I don't know about underrated, it was a pretty big movie when it came out and kind of re-ignited (see what I did) movies about that era of discovery. Most of the leads had huge opportunities based on the success of it.
I remember seeing it in the theater. It was awesome and long, lol. Properly watched it 10-15 times on the small screen over the years.
Its one of those movies that if your switching channels and stumble across it the rest of the afternoon is shot... you are going to watch it.
I'm assuming the TV movie was filmed before Valerie Bertandernie got fat?