WWII Fighter Ace, America's hero, The Right Stuff. 1st person past Mach 1 Mach 2, huntin', fishin', author. His wife/wingman keeping Gen Yeager's legacy alive
Great Veterans Day celebration. General Chuck Yeager was the Grand Marshall in Sacramento Veteran's Day Parade. Vincene was the event organizer extraordinaire. The Tuskegee Airmen were there & so thrilled to meet General Chuck Yeager as he was to meet fellow fighter pilots. #ChuckYeager#Sacramento#Veterans#Veteran#VeteransDay#VeteransDay2026
In 1961, a chimpanzee named Ham became the first chimp in space during a 17 minute suborbital flight. Ham survived the flight and returned a celebrity, but was visibly agitated by his rough flight and the flashing press cameras afterward. More on the blog: s.si.edu/3V0WfQq
Most metals get brittle near absolute zero.
Iron, tungsten, chromium – their crystal dislocations freeze. Cracks propagate unchecked.
UC Berkeley, Oxford, and Lawrence Berkeley Lab found niobium-titanium alloys that do the opposite.
At -253 degrees C, under stress, they grow
Well said. But REMEMBER what @GenChuckYeager said when Scott Crossfield thought he could beat the weather - "Not even great pilots can beat the weather!" His tribute to Scotty was to use the tragedy to teach others so they don't make the same mistake. Chuck Yeager also said,
Writing this in my personal capacity, but I have been flying these types of aircraft for more than 20 years, with over 8,000 hours, and have reasonable familiarity with how the charter world operates. I feel compelled to post after seeing commentary about the Lear 60 crash, from
