People on the airshow circuit say that Yeager is actually a total a$shole, BTW.
He’s signed thousands of autographs for free. “Total Aholes” don’t do that.
He’s signed thousands of autographs for free. “Total Aholes” don’t do that.
I've heard, and observed both actions. At a speech at Air & Space, he was very pleasant and did give an free autograph to my son. He can be very funny, as well.
I was at a car show and fun race with the old cars. There was a famous racer that was signing autographs for $5. My son and I waited in line for just a little bit, got up to him and the guy standing behind him said “Mr. blank has to take a break now, but come back in an hour.”
He was old so I cut him a break. Of course now I can’t even recall his name!