Author Topic: Vale Chuck Yeager  (Read 2062 times)


Offline JayUtah

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Re: Vale Chuck Yeager
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2020, 10:03:18 AM »
He will be sorely missed.
"Facts are stubborn things." --John Adams

Offline bknight

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Re: Vale Chuck Yeager
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2020, 07:17:33 PM »
Yes, RIP Chuck.
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Offline molesworth

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Re: Vale Chuck Yeager
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2020, 03:32:47 AM »
Indeed.  A huge hero-figure of mine when I was a young lad, and enthralled by flying and space.
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Re: Vale Chuck Yeager
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2020, 03:50:22 AM »
"It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
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See you, Chuck Yeager, and thank you.