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Ebay glider -- Chuck Yeager
The following was posted on rec.aviation.soaring:
Wayne http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder "Thomas Knauff" wrote in message ink.net... I have a container coming to the USA that this glider would fit into. Tom Knauff "Wayne Paul" wrote in message ... There is an ad on Ebay 1955 sailplane reported to have been flown by Chuck Yeager. See: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=4521925927 Wayne http://www.soaridaho.com/ |
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I spent some time on the landings.com search engine last night looking to
see if Gen. Yeager had a glider rating on his ticket and I couldn't turn him up anywhere. Will somebody with a better flair for searching than I see if they can turn up Yeager's certificate ratings? Jim |
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I am not sure about the Air Force test pilot school; however, in the 1960s
glider training was part Navy's TPS syllabus. It became part of their military training and as such would not appear in the FAA database. Wayne USN (Ret) http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder "RST Engineering" wrote in message ... I spent some time on the landings.com search engine last night looking to see if Gen. Yeager had a glider rating on his ticket and I couldn't turn him up anywhere. Will somebody with a better flair for searching than I see if they can turn up Yeager's certificate ratings? Jim |
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CHARLES ELWOOD YEAGER
Address Address is not available -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medical Medical Class : Second Medical Date: 04/2004 a.. NOT VALID FOR ANY CLASS AFTER. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Certificates 1 of 1 DOI : 07/30/2003 Certificate: COMMERCIAL PILOT Rating(s): COMMERCIAL PILOT AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE SEA AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE SEA INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE Type Ratings C/L-18 Limits AUTHORIZED EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT: AV-L39 N-F86 N-P51 T-33. "RST Engineering" wrote in message ... I spent some time on the landings.com search engine last night looking to see if Gen. Yeager had a glider rating on his ticket and I couldn't turn him up anywhere. Will somebody with a better flair for searching than I see if they can turn up Yeager's certificate ratings? Jim |
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Hello Jim !
The sailplane was flown by him in 1955 while he had a command in Germany. I am shure nobody in Germany cared much at that time about Chuck Yeager having a glider rating or not. I have no logbook with a "Yeager" entry for this plane, but old clubmembers assured me that he did fly the aircraft. At that time it was the only aircraft the club possesed and logbooks were sometims not kept these days. HenningDE "RST Engineering" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... I spent some time on the landings.com search engine last night looking to see if Gen. Yeager had a glider rating on his ticket and I couldn't turn him up anywhere. Will somebody with a better flair for searching than I see if they can turn up Yeager's certificate ratings? Jim |
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It appears that glider training is still part of the Naval Test Pilot
program. See the X-26A: http://www.usntps.navy.mil/fixed_wing.htm http://users.dbscorp.net/jmustain/x26.htm As you can see in the link below, glider train is also part of the US Air Force Flight Test University program: http://www.edwards.af.mil/afftcunive...PSCourses.html As mentioned before, successful completion of either of these programs does not directly translate to a civilian FAA glider rating. Wayne "Wayne Paul" wrote in message ... I am not sure about the Air Force test pilot school; however, in the 1960s glider training was part Navy's TPS syllabus. It became part of their military training and as such would not appear in the FAA database. Wayne USN (Ret) http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder "RST Engineering" wrote in message ... I spent some time on the landings.com search engine last night looking to see if Gen. Yeager had a glider rating on his ticket and I couldn't turn him up anywhere. Will somebody with a better flair for searching than I see if they can turn up Yeager's certificate ratings? Jim |
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