[Brazelton] Chuck Yeager

[evilmike]

 

[DarkAudit]

Farewell to the man with the rightest right stuff of all.

 

[PatrThom]

1000 feet/sec may be fast...

...but now he's accelerated to Godspeed.

--Patrick

 

[Frank]

Jesus, I didn't know he was still alive. I think living to almost 100 is proof that breaking the sound barrier won't, in fact, kill you.

 

[DarkAudit]

Jesus, I didn't know he was still alive. I think living to almost 100 is proof that breaking the sound barrier won't, in fact, kill you.

Not just still alive, but very active on twitter.

 

[Ravenpoe]

Jesus, I didn't know he was still alive. I think living to almost 100 is proof that breaking the sound barrier won't, in fact, kill you.

To be fair, he got a huge lead on death in that particular race.

 

[GasBandit]

For many a year I looked it up and was pleasantly surprised he was still alive, given how hard he lived. He really was the real deal.

 

[redthirtyone]

Hey Ridley! Got any Beeman's?

 

[DarkAudit]

Hey Ridley! Got any Beeman's?

I might have a stick!