My colleagues are remembering him with interesting stories like the time Chuck was a part of the NPR Broadcast team as an analyst for the landing of STS 1 the Space Shuttle Columbia landing at Edwards AFBin 1981. Well there was such a delay, after 45 minutes and with no end it sight, they went to what they were originally scheduled to do which was the weekly Red Barber chat and Chuck joined in.
https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19054891/18980858 On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 7:49:06 PM UTC-8 parkbench559 wrote: > Well damn. I followed him on Twitter and, unless he had a ghostwriter (no > pun intended), he was sharp and funny until the end. > > -Deb > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 7, 2020, at 7:43 PM, danny burstein <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Subject: RIP: the man who broke that machometer... (fwd) > > > > [twitter] > > > > Chuck Yeager > > @GenChuckYeager > > 15m > > Fr @VictoriaYeage11 > > It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General > Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET. An incredible life well lived, > America's greatest Pilot, & a legacy > > > > _____________________________________________________ > > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key > > [email protected] > > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/b8689c9f-704d-4c2e-9df5-151886b794ebn%40googlegroups.com.
