[NSRCA-discussion] Old Bold Pilots

[John Konneker]

I read an interview once where they asked him how he survived all that stuff.  He said luck!  He was lucky the first couple incidents then as he survived each one his experience "data base" increased to where when something happened he'd "seen it before".  Or in one case, I think it was in his book, he was tumbling out of control and was able to get the plane in to a spin.  He knew how to get out of a spin so no big deal from that point on! lol
I've seen him speak and he seems like he's had a good life although he has a reputation of being a crochety old guy.  I've also been told he does NOT like to give autographs and when he get's cornered he'll scrawl something on what's been given to him but when you look at it closely, instead of his signature, it will say "kick me!" or "go away!". 
:-)
JLK



From: ronlock at comcast.netTo: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org; nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.orgDate: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:06:29 +0000Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Old Bold Pilots
I've read Yeager's book.  By the time I was a quarter of the way through it, 
I was thinking - it's amazing this guy is still alive!
 
Ron Lockhart
 
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> > And there's always the exception: Chuck Yeager. > > Ron VP > > On Jul 2, 2008, at 12:41 AM, Budd Engineering wrote: > > > Hey Chris, > > > > There's a saying in the flight test community that comes to mind: > > > > "There are old pilots, and bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots". > > > > Jerry > > > > Budd Engineering > > jerry at buddengineering.com > > http://www.buddengineering.com > > > > On Jul 1, 2008, at 10:09 PM, chris moon wrote: > > > >> I had a DC-10 flight engineer instructor who used to say you can try > >> anything you want....once. If you are still alive after that, > ; > > maybe you > >> can try it again. That was his way of strongly suggesting that you > >> might want to follow the flight manuals and not get creative on > >> your own > >> inside a 400,000lb airplane. I will never forget his message. > >> > >> Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NSRCA-discussion mailing list > > NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org > > http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion > > _______________________________________________ > NSRCA-discussion mailing list > NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org > http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion 
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