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To: Bobibutu
Is this the same Col. Boyd that Chuck Yeager tells about in his book?
23 posted on 01/02/2003 1:24:57 PM PST by nightdriver
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To: nightdriver
Is this the same Col. Boyd that Chuck Yeager tells about in his book?

No. You're thinking of Maj. Gen. Albert Boyd. He was chief of the flight test division in 1947, when Yeager broke the sound barrier.

25 posted on 01/02/2003 1:44:03 PM PST by r9etb
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To: nightdriver
Haven't read Yeager... my guess.. both pilots in the military at the same time... both very bright bulbs... w/mucho huevos...

A high probibility.

B
28 posted on 01/02/2003 4:13:31 PM PST by Bobibutu
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