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86 years old today.
Happy B-Day, Chuck Yaeger!
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Makes me want to watch the movie "The Right Stuff".
Originally Posted By: tig1
Chuck Yeager and I have something in common, birthdays.
You'r 86?
Chuck Yeager and I have something in common, birthdays.
You'r 86?
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Also Happy Birthyear then.
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No, you do not share the same the birth date, just the day of birth.
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I wasn't the one assuming you were 86. I agree you and Yaeger share the same birthday. Jeez.
Quite the aviator.
I was at the airshow when he "hung up his jet keys" with his last flight in an F-15. Bob Hoover was flying chase in an F-16. Both were flying in a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of supersonic flight by making a sonic boom at the exact time of day, 50 years later, that Glamorous Glennis made the fist sonic boom.
I was at the airshow when he "hung up his jet keys" with his last flight in an F-15. Bob Hoover was flying chase in an F-16. Both were flying in a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of supersonic flight by making a sonic boom at the exact time of day, 50 years later, that Glamorous Glennis made the fist sonic boom.
God I miss big sonic booms.
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Originally Posted By: Pablo
God I miss big sonic booms.
Maybe you'll get to enjoy one tomorrow.
God I miss big sonic booms.
Maybe you'll get to enjoy one tomorrow.
There was one tonight. It was the sound of our economy coming back from Mach I down to the speed of a Cessna 152
I don't know if the system would allow a 'Yaeger' nowadays.
Too bad.
Dig deep and there is more and more to be found.
Some people are just plain old better than me.
Too bad.
Dig deep and there is more and more to be found.
Some people are just plain old better than me.
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Mori, your German predilection got the best of you, Who is this "Yaeger" character?
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He's my gardener.
I was probably thinking of Jägermeister.
I was probably thinking of Jägermeister.
mori - How did you type the umlaut!?
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On a Mac:
Option + u places the diacritic mark. Then type the proper letter, which will appear under the diacritic mark.
- Option + u, followed by a = ä
- Option + u, follwed by o = ö
- Option + u, follwed by u = ü
Also works for the ë in Citroën, which is not an Umlaut.
Option + u places the diacritic mark. Then type the proper letter, which will appear under the diacritic mark.
- Option + u, followed by a = ä
- Option + u, follwed by o = ö
- Option + u, follwed by u = ü
Also works for the ë in Citroën, which is not an Umlaut.
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