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I hate to be the guy that responds to the obvious throwaway, but have you broken the speed of sound in an airplane? Have you been a 2 time WWII fighter ace? He
by SEJeff 6y ago
I hate to be the guy that responds to the obvious throwaway, but have you broken the speed of sound in an airplane? Have you been a 2 time WWII fighter ace? He was the best of the best, and an inspiration for a generation.
- User23 6y agoHero has become a joke word used to describe anyone that goes to their job in the morning, but General Yeager was a bona fide hero whose achievements would be viewed by the vast majority of humanity past and present as bordering on godlike. He's what the ancient Greeks meant when they talked about heroes.
- SEJeff 6y agoIndeed he is. He was shot down over German occupied territory, managed to get to safety, only to come back and shoot down more German planes. He was unreal.