He was good in the air. On the ground he has a reputation as “anything for a buck, Chuck”. Mostly a no class ass, rude to admirers, fans, etc.
Ask almost anyone in the aviation community.
Scott Crossfield would agree with you if he could.
Hubby has a good friend who has worked with Yeager. He fully agrees with that assessment. Says he is a world class a-hole.
Well Chuck Yeager may have survived breaking the Sound Barrier, but his son Steve survived breaking the Mimosa Line.
“Ask almost anyone in the aviation community.”
He visited our A-10 Wing back in the 80’s in the UK.
Great guy. Drank lots of beer in the club (bought a few rounds himself), bonded with the fighter pilots and he was a WWII fighter pilot with great stories and had a spine and spoke plainly.
It was clear he didn’t suffer fools gladly. He was a proud American that when on Good Morning Britain and owned the lefty nut-burgers.
Plain to see he luved fighter pilots and they, him.
Ask almost anyone in the fighter pilot community.