Who is chuck yeager? (OT)

[Mark Brownell]

On Friday, September 3, 2004, at 11:02 AM, Ken Norris (dialup) wrote:

>> So What? :-)
>
> Nearly impossible because it was very advanced for its time, and 
> faster than
> any other manned aircraft. It wasn't heavily armed and had a short 
> range,
> but it could outrun anything. But quality metals had become 
> unavailable and
> fuel was a problem. A few years earlier and who knows?

Well the Tuskeegee Airmen are claiming three of the five that got shot 
down and another website says that more than 120 of them where shot 
down during the war. I'm impressed that there are several claims out 
there.

> It's waaay off topic though, and I'd rather meet some people on this 
> list
> than him anyway.
>
> So there. Take that ;-)
>
> Ken N.

I'm not sure you would want to meet me or not. I have a sense of humor 
that often surprises people at times. Once, by navigating through a 
storm I worked my way on top of Half Dome in Yosemite in a stunt plane. 
A passenger/friend when answering yes to "Would you like to go down 
there?" dropped his teeth through the roof of his head when I dropped 
the right wing and proceeded to dive down the face of Half Dome ten 
feet away from the face. Having been a rock-climber for more than ten 
years back then I wanted to see what a falling climber would see after 
cutting loose during a equipment failure. The fun part was pulling out 
over mirror lake/meadows with a prop tips that were definitely breaking 
the sound barrier and then climbing strait up the east side of 
Washington's Column... then again I might just be kidding again.

mb