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R.I.P Chuck Yeager

00 Offline kirk13

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R.I.P Chuck Yeager
on: December 08, 2020, 09:42:08 AM

He achieved far more than the record breaking Mach 1 flight. An amazing man and the last of the great stick and rudder men

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55225903
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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #1 on: December 08, 2020, 09:52:14 AM
Sad day, indeed...


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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #2 on: December 08, 2020, 09:55:34 AM
RIP. :cry:

In addition to his aviation exploits, we knew him because of his fondness for the tiny Victorinox Executive when out in the wilderness.
I might have to get one now.  :salute:
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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #3 on: December 08, 2020, 09:57:36 AM
Just when the Executive was discontinued. RIP
Maybe a Chuck Challenge in 2021?


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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #4 on: December 08, 2020, 11:16:35 AM
Very sad news.  :(
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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #5 on: December 08, 2020, 11:57:46 AM
Sorry to hear about this.  :(

Just when the Executive was discontinued. RIP
Maybe a Chuck Challenge in 2021?
I think Nix was thinking about it, we were just joking about Yeager is not a 'historical figure' the other day on a SAK thread...sigh.


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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #6 on: December 08, 2020, 01:57:41 PM
RIP sir :salute:
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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #7 on: December 08, 2020, 01:58:40 PM
How does July look?  That's when the last Executive Challenge was I think.
Barry


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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #8 on: December 08, 2020, 03:46:49 PM
 :salute: RIP Sir. 
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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #9 on: December 08, 2020, 04:08:04 PM
Such a loss, but at 97 he at least had a great run.  RIP to a great man.

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us Offline Nix

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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #10 on: December 08, 2020, 04:59:09 PM
What a remarkable man he was!   :salute:


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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #11 on: December 08, 2020, 05:02:03 PM
Godspeed, Chuck :salute:
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us Offline Nix

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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #12 on: December 08, 2020, 05:06:02 PM
How does July look?  That's when the last Executive Challenge was I think.

No question, we need to run a Chuck Yeager Challenge.  :tu:

This year is fairly well booked up, and I don't want to interfere with anyone else's challenges.

It looks like October, November, and December are open. October is good fishing weather....Chuck liked fishing..... how does October work for y'awl?

(That would give peeps a little time to source an Exec in order to be able to participate, too....)


us Offline Barry Rowland

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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #13 on: December 08, 2020, 05:15:58 PM
Sounds good to me.  How about December '21?
Barry


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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #14 on: December 08, 2020, 05:18:21 PM
Decemebr would be fine with me....unless we wanted to re-run EDC in DEC with fresh EDC's.....  :dunno:


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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #15 on: December 10, 2020, 05:47:23 PM
 :hatsoff: :salute:
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Re: R.I.P Chuck Yeager
Reply #16 on: December 10, 2020, 07:37:18 PM
Just a follow-up comment: There is a plan to run a Chuck Yeager challenge in December 2021.   :salute:


 

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