Yeah, it's a damn shame when someone has it made like Yeager did, then
screws it all up by spoiling the "image". Yeager unfortunately is one of
these people.
Crossfield on the other hand just went out and did the job, took his licks,
and went on to live a very productive, quiet, and useful life.
I sincerely hope the accident investigation brings out further information
that helps clear the air about his judgment on the accident flight. The man
deserves a fair shot until the evidence proves otherwise. Yeager should have
known that and kept his mouth shut. What he said was about the cheapest shot
a dead pilot can get from a fellow pilot.
Dudley

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote

Personally, I wish he'd learn to keep his trap shut and just finish the
good ride life has given him.

This (latest) incident has only served to reinforce what I think about
him. I would not go across the street to hear him speak, and did not,
while he was speaking at OSH.

Respect has to be earned, every day we are on this spaceship we call
Earth. Yeager had respect at one time, but in my eyes, he has failed to
keep it.

Here we have two men, at one time, perhaps two of the finest pilots in the
program.

Fast forward to present time. Crossfield has had many people (in this
group even) saying what a good and genuine person he always seemed to be.

Then there is Yeger. Which one of them would you rather be compared to?

That says it all, IMHO.
--
Jim in NC