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Chuck Yeager Biography

Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (/ˈjeɪɡər/; born February 13, 1923) is a retired United States Air Force general officer, flying ace and record-setting test pilot. In 1947, he became the first pilot confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight.

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I don't think about life everlasting. If something doesn't have scientific evidence to back it up, I don't believe it. I'm a straight shooter.

Believe, Shooter, Straight, Thinking

That to me is a bunch of crap trying to shoot guys up into damned space. What they're going to do is they're going to wipe out half a dozen people one of these days, and that will be the end of it.

Crap, Guy, Half, People, Space

The one word you use in military flying is duty. It's your duty. You have no control over outcome, no control over pick-and-choose. It's duty.

Flying, Military, Use, Word

I have no regrets about my life. People ask, "If you had to do it all over again, would you do it differently?" No. That's speculation.

Differently, Life, People, Regret, Regrets, Speculation

If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.

Aviation, Old, Pilot, Pilots, Push, Want

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

Made, Make, People, Rules, Willing

I ran the astronaut school for six years, and I was the commandant and when I finished in '65, 26 of my guys went into space as NASA astronauts that I trained.

Astronauts, Guys, School, Six, Space, Years

The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down.

Firsts, Military, Saw, Saws, Shot, Time

The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.

Life, Managed, Secret, Success, Time

Just before you break through the sound barrier, the cockpit shakes the most.

Break, Break Through, Cockpit, Sound

It's your duty to fly the airplane. If you get killed in it, you don't know anything about it anyway. Duty is paramount. It's that simple if you're a military guy. You don't say 'I'm not going to do that - that's dangerous. ' If it's your duty to do it, that's the way it is.

Airplane, Duty, Military, Paramount, Simple

Most pilots learn, when they pin on their wings and go out and get in a fighter, especially, that one thing you don't do, you don't believe anything anybody tells you about an airplane.

Airplane, Believe, Learn, Pilots, Pin, Wings

There is no kind of ultimate goal to do something twice as good as anyone else can. It's just to do the job as best you can. If it turns out good, fine. If it doesn't, that's the way it goes.

Goal, Job, Jobs, Turns, Way

In 1966, NASA took over in space, and it has been a bureaucratic mess ever since.

1966, Bureaucratic, Mess, Nasa, Space

Unfortunately, many people do not consider fun an important item on their daily agenda. For me, that was always a high priority in whatever I was doing.

Fun, High, Item, People, Priorities

There is no such thing as a natural born pilot. Whatever my aptitudes or talents, becoming a proficient pilot was hard work, really a lifetime's learning experience. For the best pilots, flying is an obsession, the one thing in life they must do continually. The best pilots fly more than the others; that's why they're the best. Experience is everything. The eagerness to learn how and why every piece of equipment works is everything. And luck is everything, too.

Continually, Flying, Hard Work, Thing, Things In Life, Works

Never wait for trouble.

Trouble, Wait, Waiting

If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing.

Airplane, Away, Good, Next Day, Outstanding, Use

Leveling off at 42,000 feet, I had thirty percent of my fuel, so I turned on rocket chamber three and immediately reached. 96 Mach. I noticed that the faster I got, the smoother the ride. Suddenly the Mach needle began to fluctuate. It went up to. 965 Mach - then tipped right off the scale. . . We were flying supersonic. And it was a smooth as a baby's bottom; Grandma could be sitting up there sipping lemonade.

42000, Baby, Feet, Grandma, Noticed, Smooth

What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening and correct it.

Correct, Doe, Figure, Help, Helping, Trying

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