Hi Klaus, > Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 10:04:19 +0200 > From: Klaus Major <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Who is chuck yeager? (OT)
>> Oh, and one more historical item. I think he was the only fighter >> pilot at >> the end of WWII to shoot down the famous German jet from a >> piston-engine >> propellered aircraft (a P-51). > > Thank you for this one, very compassionate! :-D No, no. Jeez. I follow a lot of aviation stuff including history. My family's been involved with it for 60 years. I've seen gatherings of WWII pilots from all sides, some of whom actually had encounters with each other, swappin' tall tales and partying together like crazy for a bunch of old farts. The jet was a fantastic design,way ahead of its time, faster than any other manned aircraft in the sky. Nobody could catch it. Yeager really was an old school hotshot, albeit a bit wreckless. Most test pilots are at least a little that way. I have strong interests there, but I'd rather meet you than one of them. Ken N. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
