And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
NF-104, Aerospace trainer, a specially modified Starfighter with a rocket engine and reaction control thrusters. Three were built to train pilots how to handle the X-15 at altitudes over 100,000 feet. Al_in_Ottawa
F-101
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F-104 with a spin chute. Test airplane at Edwards AFB
ReplyDeleteNah, that's an XU2, you can tell by his "space suit".
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I had the great fortune of once meeting Yeager. He was in his last years, but was gracious enough to take a photo with me.
DeleteNF-104, Aerospace trainer, a specially modified Starfighter with a rocket engine and reaction control thrusters. Three were built to train pilots how to handle the X-15 at altitudes over 100,000 feet.
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Yeager with the rocket assisted F104, possibly the one that he had to eject from.
ReplyDeleteIf you’ve seen the movie The Right Stuff, you know that flight ended poorly.
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