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Sad News - Chuck Yeager Died Tonight
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Last: 5 yr ago by BrazosBendHorn
I always found his quote about what he did the first time he saw a jet to be amusing. He shot it down.
He was arguably the best thing about the movie The Right Stuff (and his omission in the Disney+ series is the worst). I love that he continued flying well past the time that most men would have been unable to do so, and that he flew combat missions from WWII to Vietnam. Oh, and then there's that little event in October 1947.
RIP
He was arguably the best thing about the movie The Right Stuff (and his omission in the Disney+ series is the worst). I love that he continued flying well past the time that most men would have been unable to do so, and that he flew combat missions from WWII to Vietnam. Oh, and then there's that little event in October 1947.
RIP
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I hope the do the Missing Man formation at Mach 1+ at his funeral.
I met him two years ago, almost to the day. I was at a hotel in Fort Worth and got on the elevator with an old guy in a wheelchair and a younger woman (50s, who turned out to be his wife/nurse). I immediately noticed his hat, which said 357th Fighter group on it, along with a picture of a P-51. I didn't recognize him at first, but instantly shook his hand and introduced my 6 year old son to a "hero." Then his wife piped up and talked about his background. You could tell that she was the 50 year old trophy wife for an 80 year old man and she talked him up like she was his PR agent. Then I saw that grin and instantly realized who it was.
We rode the elevator down to the lobby and talked for a while. He told a story about bailing out of a P-51 over France and I told some rather boring stories about rocket attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq. He talked to my son a bit and we got good pictures of that.
We were heading out to dinner and so were they. His wife almost seemed to be open to company, but I did not want to impose and try to ask Chuck Yeager and his wife out to dinner. My wife later said I should have. Anyway, he was clearly Yeager, but also clearly slipping, at 95, and his stories were more repetition of stories he had told a billion times rather than actual reminiscences.
We rode the elevator down to the lobby and talked for a while. He told a story about bailing out of a P-51 over France and I told some rather boring stories about rocket attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq. He talked to my son a bit and we got good pictures of that.
We were heading out to dinner and so were they. His wife almost seemed to be open to company, but I did not want to impose and try to ask Chuck Yeager and his wife out to dinner. My wife later said I should have. Anyway, he was clearly Yeager, but also clearly slipping, at 95, and his stories were more repetition of stories he had told a billion times rather than actual reminiscences.
His "wife" is an opportunistic gold digger. I hope his kids go after his estate now that he's gone.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/13414771/who-is-chuck-yeagers-wife-victoria-scott-dangelo/
I think the battle has already been foughtQuote:
In a 1998 Los Angeles Times article she was referred to as "Queen of the Wannabes".
With no acting prospects, Victoria allegedly made a living filing small-claims suits.
Court records show more than 30 cases filed by and against her from 1988 to 1998, including claims against airlines for losing her luggage and against a phone company for having static on the line.
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Chuck's children have accused D'Angelo of "undue influence" on Yeager.
Yeager's daughter Susan has accused D'Angelo of being "fraudulent," "malicious" and "oppressive."
She filed a lawsuit against Victoria, saying: "Ms. D'Angelo's larger scheme (is) to alienate Mr. Yeager from his family and acquire his estate for herself."
Yeager fell out with his kids over the ordeal.
Before he died, Chuck said: "They thought, when I die my money would be gifted out to them,
"When Victoria came into the picture, they knew it wasn't going to be that way. They saw all this money no longer going to them."
He added: "It's not easy to sit here and watch the kids you raised turn on you and become predators".
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His autobiography goes into a lot about his escape from capture after bailing out in France.aalan94 said:
I met him two years ago, almost to the day. I was at a hotel in Fort Worth and got on the elevator with an old guy in a wheelchair and a younger woman (50s, who turned out to be his wife/nurse). I immediately noticed his hat, which said 357th Fighter group on it, along with a picture of a P-51. I didn't recognize him at first, but instantly shook his hand and introduced my 6 year old son to a "hero." Then his wife piped up and talked about his background. You could tell that she was the 50 year old trophy wife for an 80 year old man and she talked him up like she was his PR agent. Then I saw that grin and instantly realized who it was.
We rode the elevator down to the lobby and talked for a while. He told a story about bailing out of a P-51 over France and I told some rather boring stories about rocket attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq. He talked to my son a bit and we got good pictures of that.
We were heading out to dinner and so were they. His wife almost seemed to be open to company, but I did not want to impose and try to ask Chuck Yeager and his wife out to dinner. My wife later said I should have. Anyway, he was clearly Yeager, but also clearly slipping, at 95, and his stories were more repetition of stories he had told a billion times rather than actual reminiscences.
Believe he ended up in Spain but memory fails me .
In March 1944, while on his eighth mission, he was shot down over German-occupied France. Members of the French underground helped him avoid German forces, eventually pairing him with another American who had been shot down.
The two Americans set off on a grueling journey over the Pyrenees mountain range toward neutral Spain. After pushing their way through knee-deep snow and bitter cold, the exhausted men encountered a cabin in which to rest.
Gen. Yeager's companion hung his socks outside to dry, a decision that tipped off the Germans to their presence. The Nazis fired into the cabin, forcing the pair to jump out the back window and into a creek. Gen. Yeager realized his companion had been shot in the knee and amputated part of his leg. He carried the injured man into Spain and eventually met up with British forces at Gibraltar.
Gen. Yeager returned to England determined to fly again, even though regulations prohibited anyone aided by members of the underground from going back on duty. The measure was designed to protect the operatives' identities should any American be captured by Germans on subsequent missions.
Pursuing a return to combat duty, Gen. Yeager climbed his way up the military hierarchy, "being passed around among colonels and generals" who "enjoyed meeting a very junior officer who refused to go home," he said in his autobiography. With the help of a sympathetic two-star general, Gen. Yeager secured a meeting with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme Allied commander.
"I just wanted to meet two guys who think they're getting a raw deal being sent home," Eisenhower told Gen. Yeager and another pilot who had evaded capture in Holland, Gen. Yeager recalled in his book.
The War Department granted Eisenhower the power to return the pilots to the skies. For his wartime service, Gen. Yeager received the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart and the Air Medal.
(The writer refers to him as "Gen. Yeager" (his rank at retirement) throughout the article. Yeager was of course a junior officer at the time of his WWII service.) In any case, this account exemplifies Yeager's sheer tenacity and courage.
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The two Americans set off on a grueling journey over the Pyrenees mountain range toward neutral Spain. After pushing their way through knee-deep snow and bitter cold, the exhausted men encountered a cabin in which to rest.
Gen. Yeager's companion hung his socks outside to dry, a decision that tipped off the Germans to their presence. The Nazis fired into the cabin, forcing the pair to jump out the back window and into a creek. Gen. Yeager realized his companion had been shot in the knee and amputated part of his leg. He carried the injured man into Spain and eventually met up with British forces at Gibraltar.
Gen. Yeager returned to England determined to fly again, even though regulations prohibited anyone aided by members of the underground from going back on duty. The measure was designed to protect the operatives' identities should any American be captured by Germans on subsequent missions.
Pursuing a return to combat duty, Gen. Yeager climbed his way up the military hierarchy, "being passed around among colonels and generals" who "enjoyed meeting a very junior officer who refused to go home," he said in his autobiography. With the help of a sympathetic two-star general, Gen. Yeager secured a meeting with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme Allied commander.
"I just wanted to meet two guys who think they're getting a raw deal being sent home," Eisenhower told Gen. Yeager and another pilot who had evaded capture in Holland, Gen. Yeager recalled in his book.
The War Department granted Eisenhower the power to return the pilots to the skies. For his wartime service, Gen. Yeager received the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart and the Air Medal.
(The writer refers to him as "Gen. Yeager" (his rank at retirement) throughout the article. Yeager was of course a junior officer at the time of his WWII service.) In any case, this account exemplifies Yeager's sheer tenacity and courage.
LINK
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