TT-1 Pinto Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Esattamente 65 anni dopo il trionfo ed alla "veneranda" età di 89 anni .... il generale Yeager ha superato ieri il muro del suono a bordo di un caccia F-15D .... .... dal "Daily Report dell'AFA di questa mattina .... Breaking it Again at 89 .... Retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager .... http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7680 ..... the first man to officially break the sound barrier in level flight, on Oct. 14 recreated the moment exactly 65 years later to the minute—this time in an F-15 fighter. It was on Oct. 14, 1947, when then 24-year-old Yeager piloted the rocket-propelled Bell X-1 through the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert, achieving the feat at 10:24 a.m. Fast forward 65 years and Yeager again surpassed the speed of sound while flying at 45,000 feet in altitude above the southern California desert in the back seat of an F-15D that took off from Nellis AFB, Nev. "It was a smooth flight today," said Yeager of the anniversary flight. "I'm very familiar with the area and got a good view," he added. Capt. David Vincent, a 65th Aggressor Squadron pilot at Nellis, took Yeager up in the F-15. Nellis report by SrA. Jack Sanders ..... http://www.nellis.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123322189 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aermacchi Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 A dir poco strepitoso! E' difficile trovare il coraggio dopo moltissimi anni, penso che sia l'idolo di tutti i piloti. Ancora complimenti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-{-Legolas-}- Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Si diverte ancora molto a volare il Generale Yeager, basta vedere il sorriso. Fonte Foxnews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT-1 Pinto Posted October 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 Sono passati 72 anni ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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