Originally Posted by
megan
And thank God for that, his NF-104 crash illustrated all his failings, main one being arrogance and unwillingness to accept training from an individual of subordinate rank. Also his attempt to make Neil Armstrong look a fool at Edwards.
Oh Megan... Missy, you may be too young to know the importance and history of the brave aviators who came before you, and I don't really fault you for that. The "innocent hubris of youth" and all. And I know that it's fashionable these days for you gals to denigrate and devalue all men in general, especially the ballsy, hyper-masculine test-pilots who blazed the trails for the rest of us. But despite all of his purported "failings" as you call them, I don't think that there's any question or doubt that General Yeager was a superlative pilot...one that we all can try to emulate. The Astar driver who is the subject of this here thread? Not so much.