General Chuck Yeager's x-ray

[supertankerm60a3]

I once (several times) visited the Air Force museum in Dayton Ohio. The last time there, I was up close and personal with an X-15 and realized

1 the 2 windows were barely larger than than a football

2 this thing could do mach 7

3 you had to set the engine mixture manually, constantly while fighting G's at mach 7

4 you were essetially wearing it.

HOW DID THESE GUYS DO IT?

Well I did alot of research and found this piece of medical info, General Yeager's X-ray from his last flight physical.

The only question left is: Where did he keep them during the test flights?

 

[airboss]

And there are some in the Air Force that still content that General Yeager was the first man in space, and not that Navy guy.

After his afterburner and jet engine flamed out in the thin air, Yeager continued his skyrocket climb on the 6,000-lb. thrust of a tail rocket in the Starfighter and hit a peak of about 90,000 ft. where he shifted to space controls.

https://framework.latimes.com/2012/02/28/chuck-yeager-and-the-nf-104-starfighter-crash/

 

[majicmaker]

Yep! Those guys were a breed of their own. Concurring the speed of sound brought us into a new world. Hats off to all of them.

 

[TomInPA]

Bet he was wearing a helmet.

 

[RichDoyle]

Some misinformation, if only by implication, above.

In fact, Chuck Yeager never flew the X-15. Several other guys did, though, and yes, very scary to consider.

That F-104 flight referred to was after all the Mercury flights. It also failed to beat a Russian altitude record. So I don't see where anyone could claim Yeager was first into space.

He certainly had lots of other firsts, though, and all those guys pulled off amazing things and I respect them all

 

[supertankerm60a3]

I mixed facts a little for humor. The touching of the X-15 and realizing how tiny the cockpit was is a real experience. (infact, there were titanium shutters that were closed to make the experience ever more harrowing on some of the later flights. They are installed on the left side only on the plane that is displayed) General Yeager was simply the most famous name to put with the humorous visual anecdote

 

[hillbilly1]

Yeager is remembered in Charleston WV for flying underneath the South Side Bridge on the Kanawha River. That was before my time but whenever we heard a sonic boom it was always blamed on him.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20081006/NEWS/810060308/Did-Yeager-really-fly-under-W-Va-bridge-

 

[rockdude]

I knew a WWII and Korean fighter pilot that flew with Yeager, from flight school on. He said, this is his words, that "Yeager was a mediocre pilot at best, but he was one of the luckiest pilots he had ever seen. He was always in the right place at the right time by blind luck and not by skill."

 

[RichDoyle]

I knew a WWII and Korean fighter pilot that flew with Yeager, from flight school on. He said, this is his words, that "Yeager was a mediocre pilot at best, but he was one of the luckiest pilots he had ever seen. He was always in the right place at the right time by blind luck and not by skill."

This must be a trait of fighter pilots - to denigrate the skills of others. Yeager is known for making disparaging remarks on the skills of other pilots. He has done so regarding the late test pilots Neil Armstrong and Scott Crossfield.

 

[rockdude]

I knew a WWII and Korean fighter pilot that flew with Yeager, from flight school on. He said, this is his words, that "Yeager was a mediocre pilot at best, but he was one of the luckiest pilots he had ever seen. He was always in the right place at the right time by blind luck and not by skill."

This must be a trait of fighter pilots - to denigrate the skills of others. Yeager is known for making disparaging remarks on the skills of other pilots. He has done so regarding the late test pilots Neil Armstrong and Scott Crossfield.

Probably the one-up-manship they all have. And fighter pilots are all A-type personalities ....

 

[bergmen]

Commonly misunderstood but that is an X-ray of Chuck Norris, not Chuck Yeager.

Dan

 

[Bugnatr]

The General lives nearby and I have met him at his home bidding work. Trust me I have seen it first hand, his second wife has his balls in her purse. She has caused a real division between him and his grown children

Here's a read on the General and his trouble. https://www.fresnobee.com/2014/04/26/3897509/chuck-yeagers-latest-enemy.html

 

[airboss]

I've heard about the General's troubles and while it's true a good woman can make a man. The wrong woman can.............well just glad I didn't have that issue.