Chuck Yeager unveils a statue of himself, in Hamlin, W.Va., on the 40th anniversary of his historic supersonic flight. He said the ride "was nice, just like riding fast in a car." The modest Yeager said in 1947 he could have gone even faster if the plane had carried more fuel. "When you're fooling around with something you don't know much about, there has to be apprehension. "Sure, I was apprehensive," he said in 1968. 14, 1947, Yeager, then a 24-year-old captain, pushed an orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane past 660 mph (1,062 kph) to break the sound barrier, at the time a daunting aviation milestone. "If I auger in (crash) tomorrow, it won't be with a frown on my face. "I haven't yet done everything, but by the time I'm finished, I won't have missed much," he wrote. The trick is to enjoy the years remaining," he said in "Yeager: An Autobiography." "Living to a ripe old age is not an end in itself. Yeager, from a small town in the hills of West Virginia, flew for more than 60 years, including piloting an F-15 to near 1,000 mph (1,609 kph) at Edwards in October 2002 at age 79. Another Yeager feat, flying a jet under a Charleston, W.Va., bridge in 1948, was not reported by the local media. Yeager was first to fly faster than the speed of sound. Yeager, 25, poses for a picture in a jet's cockpit. In this 1948 file photo, test pilot Charles E. Curtis Bedke, commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards. He was "the most righteous of all those with the right stuff," said Maj. "In an age of media-made heroes, he is the real deal," Edwards Air Force Base historian Jim Young said in August 2006 at the unveiling of a bronze statue of Yeager. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done,'" Bridenstine said. He said, 'You don't concentrate on risks.
Yeager's pioneering and innovative spirit advanced America's abilities in the sky and set our nation's dreams soaring into the jet age and the space age. Yeager's death is "a tremendous loss to our nation," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement. An incredible life well lived, America's greatest Pilot, & a legacy of strength, adventure, & patriotism will be remembered forever." "It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET. Yeager died Monday, his wife, Victoria Yeager, said on his Twitter account.
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