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Originally Posted by andrew15
I saw Yaeger on CNBC today and sadly, he came off kind of like an ass.
Basically he called the Red Bull Stratos project a stunt that had been done before and wasn't an acheivement worthy of him even acknowledging it.
It kind of came off like him saying setting a world record time in the 100M dash doesn't matter because he drives faster than that in his Ford Escort all the time.
Yaeger came across as petty and kind of senile - it was odd for someone widely regarded as a hero 
The link to the CNBC spot:
Skydiver Shatters Record, Legend Chuck Yeager Comments - CNBC |
That is too bad. If it was so easy the record would not have lasted 50 years or what ever it was.