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Look around Chuck Yeager's cockpit.. 360 degree view inside airplane that broke sound barrier
Air & Space, Smithsonian ^
Posted on 10/13/2017 1:18:57 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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Holy Toledo, very primitive by today's standards.
To: LibWhacker
It seems to be missing the length of broomstick he had with him when he broke the sound barrier.
He’d broken some ribs while riding a horse the day before.
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posted on
10/13/2017 1:23:09 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: LibWhacker
Oh yeah? Watch this.
To: LibWhacker; Chode; Squantos
Very Cool 😎 PING!!!
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posted on
10/13/2017 2:10:12 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Progress- the opposite of congress)
To: Darksheare
Sssshhhuuussshhh !!! That’s a classified!
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posted on
10/13/2017 2:21:28 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Progress- the opposite of congress)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
10/13/2017 2:48:45 AM PDT
by
SunTzuWu
To: onedoug
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posted on
10/13/2017 4:19:28 AM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
("The future ain't what it used to be." Yogi Berra)
To: LibWhacker
I remember seeing it in the museum. So tiny!
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posted on
10/13/2017 4:23:41 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Stone cold sober, like Mrs. Don-o.)
To: LibWhacker
Holy Toledo, very primitive by today’s standards.
That’s what struck me. Super primitive looking. The seat is basically a metal bench with seat belts. No padding except for a small headrest.
To: stylecouncilor
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posted on
10/13/2017 4:30:12 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
10/13/2017 5:20:16 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
To: LibWhacker
Wow! I had the same thought. Not much more than sitting in a metal can with a couple of straps for safety — if you can call flying an experimental aircraft like this truly safe.
Chuck Yeager and all those test pilots are truly American inspirations. I wish more kids today would learn about them.
Time to schedule 4 hours to re-watch The Right Stuff.
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posted on
10/13/2017 5:35:39 AM PDT
by
Crolis
("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -GKC)
To: Flick Lives
“The seat is basically a metal bench with seat belts. No padding except for a small headrest.”
I wonder if he was sitting on his parachute.
The seats of WWII jap zeroes were exceedingly low, because the pilots sat on their parachutes. Kind of a good way to save weight and space.
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posted on
10/13/2017 5:51:09 AM PDT
by
ConservativeWarrior
(Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
To: LibWhacker
Definitely not made for comfort.
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posted on
10/13/2017 6:15:39 AM PDT
by
al_c
(LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
10/13/2017 7:59:08 AM PDT
by
golux
To: LibWhacker
F-4 cockpit, front and rear (F-4C):
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posted on
10/13/2017 8:07:37 AM PDT
by
Mr Rogers
(Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: ConservativeWarrior
I wonder if he was sitting on his parachute.
Might be the case, because looking down at the seat, there is basically nothing there except a metal frame.
To: Crolis
... if you can call flying an experimental aircraft like this truly safe.You can't. Many experimental pilots died, and still do.
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posted on
10/13/2017 9:34:08 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Stone cold sober, like Mrs. Don-o.)
To: LibWhacker
Where did they put the change of underwear??
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posted on
10/13/2017 10:21:38 AM PDT
by
bruin66
(Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.)
To: mabarker1
won't load
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posted on
10/13/2017 2:39:06 PM PDT
by
Chode
(You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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