On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 03:57:10 GMT, "Dave Stadt"
wrote:


Has anybody ever met anyone that actually likes Yeager. Latest word is his
own kids are now on the outs after his recent female episode.



I like Yeager, but I was sure disappointed this year at Oshkosh.

My 8 year old daughter has gone to bed with stories of aviation's
greats for several years. She's enthralled with it all, and will
describe how much Mike Melville's wife loves him (She's seen the Black
Sky DVDs a half dozen times) or gladly tell you how Yeager broke the
sound barrier with a broken rib, how he used a broom handle, etc.

When she found out that Rutan would be at Oshkosh this year, along
with SpaceShipOne, she made me promise we would go. Go we did, and I
sat down with her and my two older boys to plan our stay there. Of
course we had to see Rutan and Yeager, which is how I found myself
sitting in on the last half of Bob Hoover's presentation in the
Heritage Museum.

Hoover's such a gentleman. Then Yeager came on, and the first thing
we got was a 20 minute video on Yeager. It seemed strange. He just
sat on stage for the whole thing, which would have been interesting to
watch at home, but not sitting there.

Then during his talk he started getting very political, and began
saying things like the British did the right thing by blowing that
guy's head off in the subway station and we should handle them that
way. This was AFTER it had been determined the poor guy had nothing
to do with terrorism. It was an embarassing moment more than
anything. I just felt kinda sad and embarassed, even though I do
actually agree with the sentiment.

My daughter took pictures of him, but complained that he showed the
video for such a long time. I could tell she wasn't quite as
impressed as she expected to be.

Bottom line, I was reminded of Hollywood celebrities who get out of
touch with the real world, begin to use the attention they have to
create a political platform, and forget what the fans are really there
to see.

Rutan on the other hand...quirky but a hell of a guy.

Bill Strahan
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