I’m still a little behind schedule from yesterday. Also: recent events.
So today I thought I’d do a couple of videos on the X-1.
“Frontiers of Flight: The Sound Barrier”.
(Here’s a higher quality version, but it feels like some has been cut off of this.)
“Bell X-1: Breaking the Sound Barrier”, from Deep Space TV. This is a little shorter and better quality.
Bonus: this is long, but…a 1991 interview with Gen. Yeager.
World War II ace. Aviation pioneer. A giant within the Air Force.
Join us in celebrating the extraordinary life and mourning the loss of Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager. May he rest in peace and his legacy live on forever. pic.twitter.com/gJ0113M5ge
— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) December 8, 2020
Fr @VictoriaYeage11 It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET. An incredible life well lived, America’s greatest Pilot, & a legacy of strength, adventure, & patriotism will be remembered forever.
— Chuck Yeager (@GenChuckYeager) December 8, 2020
(Edited: fixed link.)
NYT obit. I can’t do justice to the man. I’m not sure who can.
Natalie Desselle-Reid, actress. She was 53.