97-yo Chuck Yeager /Test Pilot! buys the ranch.. - (Ashton) - (35) - Dec. 8, 2020, 07:05:56 PM EST
         I don't recall ... link to a story? -NT - (drook) - (14) - Dec. 8, 2020, 08:31:04 PM EST
             Here's a link to NY Times. - (a6l6e6x) - (13) - Dec. 8, 2020, 11:01:28 PM EST
                 Me too.. I mean, it's sorta like a guy who's a Food-Taster - (Ashton) - (12) - Dec. 9, 2020, 03:34:24 PM EST
                     I mean the story of pushing down on the stick to go up, never heard that -NT - (drook) - (11) - Dec. 9, 2020, 04:12:08 PM EST
                         It's about the ~'reversal of the aerodynamics' of a conventional wing design on/near Mach(o?) 1 - (Ashton) - (9) - Dec. 9, 2020, 05:03:35 PM EST
                             I imagine the sensation is like when you become conscious of countersteering a bike -NT - (drook) - (6) - Dec. 12, 2020, 12:06:46 AM EST
                                 Nice catch--two-wheel dynamics oft seem *perverse* - (Ashton) - Dec. 9, 2020, 06:21:53 PM EST
                                 now you've added something else to my consciousness - (crazy) - (4) - Dec. 10, 2020, 09:42:51 AM EST
                                     No, now you're *aware* of it - (drook) - (1) - Dec. 10, 2020, 12:54:55 PM EST
                                         Perzackly..! drook wins the Clarity award. Again. - (Ashton) - Dec. 10, 2020, 05:04:45 PM EST
                                     It works a lot better if you're conscious of it - (scoenye) - (1) - Dec. 11, 2020, 05:06:57 PM EST
                                         Quite so.. and IMhO, best place to learn: in the dirt, on a small man-handleable machine (also Fun) - (Ashton) - Dec. 12, 2020, 01:51:24 AM EST
                             Yes, sound barrier screws up aerodynamics. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Dec. 10, 2020, 02:21:31 AM EST
                                 Luftwaffe -46: - (CRConrad) - April 20, 2021, 12:14:05 PM EDT
                         What, never seen "Cars"? Chuck must'a been Doc Hudson: - (CRConrad) - April 20, 2021, 12:10:45 PM EDT
         Anyone who enjoys yarns about pilots - (rcareaga) - (14) - Dec. 9, 2020, 04:49:43 PM EST
             I'm sure you've read this story before, but have you ever heard it told by the pilot? - (drook) - (1) - Dec. 9, 2020, 05:02:28 PM EST
                 That was Mach-2 Fun! (we all were paying the gas bill, though) - (Ashton) - Dec. 9, 2020, 11:59:00 PM EST
             Who here has flown? I had one introduction class. - (crazy) - (11) - Dec. 10, 2020, 09:58:57 AM EST
                 PPSEL. N7522T is my Cessna 172A. - (mmoffitt) - (9) - Dec. 10, 2020, 02:17:42 PM EST
                     Thanks: myth killed by (likely) Truthiness, aka Be an iconoclast! ..wherever it's important :-) -NT - (Ashton) - Dec. 10, 2020, 05:11:34 PM EST
                     Well, here’s how Hoover remembered it in 2002 - (rcareaga) - (1) - Dec. 10, 2020, 09:29:04 PM EST
                         Hoover was a first class guy. No way he'd steal thunder from anybody, let alone Yeager. - (mmoffitt) - Dec. 11, 2020, 08:20:19 AM EST
                     I don't remember anything about Hoover, nor much about Yeager. - (Another Scott) - (5) - Dec. 10, 2020, 11:28:33 PM EST
                         Check this out. Short clip of one of Bob's most famous maneuvers. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Dec. 11, 2020, 08:39:51 AM EST
                             Nice parlor trick. Thanks. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Dec. 11, 2020, 10:14:13 AM EST
                                 My father told me a guy he flew with did tricks like that with a pen - (drook) - (1) - Dec. 11, 2020, 10:39:10 AM EST
                                     I like to make a sheet of paper heavy. - (mmoffitt) - Dec. 11, 2020, 03:45:10 PM EST
                             Were there a Nobel for achieving Perfection, reliably-every-time: this über-Mensch deserves a Statue - (Ashton) - Dec. 11, 2020, 04:03:32 PM EST
                 Gliders here. Touch & go is generally frowned upon with those ;-) -NT - (scoenye) - Dec. 10, 2020, 06:46:27 PM EST
         I'll not shed a tear. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Dec. 10, 2020, 02:44:22 PM EST
             I thought you *hated* Airbus? -NT - (rcareaga) - (3) - Dec. 10, 2020, 09:30:11 PM EST
                 I don't hate them. I just don't let anyone I know fly on them. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Dec. 11, 2020, 08:24:28 AM EST
                     Perhaps his people-talents echo those of The Menace - (Ashton) - Dec. 11, 2020, 04:17:09 PM EST
                     Meh. - (rcareaga) - Dec. 11, 2020, 09:14:20 PM EST