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1. 07:56 AM - FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager (Bob Steele)
2. 08:18 AM - Re: FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager (David Owens)
3. 10:58 AM - Re: FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager (Randy Dettmer, AIA)
4. 11:30 AM - Re: FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager (John Vormbaum)
5. 11:32 AM - Re: FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager (Bob Steele)
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| Subject: | FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager |
I hope the photos remain embedded in this e-mail. I have no idea who
Desert Dave is - this e-mail came from my brother John who was in the
Goldent Knights for 6 years.
They broke the mold..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Continuing Adventures of Desert Dave
and his Camera at Large
There are precious few things that'll get me out of bed at 4am, but add
an invitation to see General Chuck Yeager speak at the dedication of a
statue of his likeness at the "Sound Barrier Park" in the heart of
Edwards AFB to the short list.
The statue was dedicated in a ceremony at the corner of Rosamond and
Yeager Blvd a street named in the General's honor. A dubious honor by
Yeager's thinking: They name streets after dead people, he noted
during his remarks.
Chuck seemed a little bit humbled by the honor (no, really)! But he also
managed to get a few licks in.
"I'm a bit PO'd" he quipped, "watching all these airplanes buzzing
around and I'm not flying them".
"I'm 83 and I could fly in an F-16 with no problem, but General Bedke
doesn't think so." - alluding to the fact that a few years back the Air
Force (base commander General Bedke) stopped allowing him to fly test
pilot school fighters. His last military flight was a supersonic hop in
an F-15 to open the Edwards Airshow just a few years back. Yeager was
age 79 at the time.
It was a fairly small ceremony, but check out the front row of guests!
Left to right you've got Clay Lacy (record-setting aviator, Clay Lacy's
company shoots about every piece of air-to-air film you'll want to see
including virtually all airline commercials), Frank Borman (yeah, the
flew-around-the-moon Apollo 8 guy), Bob Hoover (greatest pilot ever
lived, period), and Baron Hilton (an accomplished aviator, and the next
best Hilton to meet after Paris).
Media coverage was very light. There were no more than a half dozen
photographers, a few from the Air Force, a couple from the local desert
newspapers, and me; so I guess these would qualify as "rare historic
photo's", huh?
Yeager ended his speech by joking with Bob Hoover they were getting
close to running that last checklist.
When we do, he said, the last item will be: "Man, we had a ball."
.. and I'll bet they did!
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| Subject: | Re: FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager |
Really GREAT ... All must have
David Owens
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| Subject: | FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager |
Seven years ago I celebrated my 50th birthday by hiking up to the
top of Mt. Whitney, and back in one day. On the way up, at about
13,000 feet msl (the peak is just short of 15,000 msl), I ran
into Chuck Yeager coming down. He was 76 years old thenwhat a
stud. He had been in the back country fishing for a few weeks.
Later in the evening, after I returned to my motel in Lone Pine,
CA (after 13.5 hours of hiking 22 miles up & down) I got to spend
some time chatting with Chuck. I had just purchased my Commander
680F, and wanted to talk airplanes. Chuck only wanted to talk
fishing. It was a real honor to be sitting there drinking a
beer, looking up at Mt Whitney and sharing adventures on the
mountain with the legend.
Im still awed by the man.
Randy Dettmer, AIA
680F / N6253X
DettmerArchitecture
663 Hill Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
805 541 4864 / Fax 805 541 4865
www.dettmerarchitecture.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of
Bob Steele
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:55 AM
Subject: Commander-List: FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager
I hope the photos remain embedded in this e-mail. I have no idea
who Desert Dave is - this e-mail came from my brother John who
was in the Goldent Knights for 6 years.
They broke the mold..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Continuing Adventures of Desert Dave
and his Camera at Large
There are precious few things that'll get me out of bed at 4am,
but add an invitation to see General Chuck Yeager speak at the
dedication of a statue of his likeness at the "Sound Barrier
Park" in the heart of Edwards AFB to the short list.
The statue was dedicated in a ceremony at the corner of Rosamond
and Yeager Blvd a street named in the General's honor. A dubious
honor by Yeager's thinking: They name streets after dead
people, he noted during his remarks.
Chuck seemed a little bit humbled by the honor (no, really)! But
he also managed to get a few licks in.
"I'm a bit PO'd" he quipped, "watching all these airplanes
buzzing around and I'm not flying them".
"I'm 83 and I could fly in an F-16 with no problem, but General
Bedke doesn't think so." - alluding to the fact that a few years
back the Air Force (base commander General Bedke) stopped
allowing him to fly test pilot school fighters. His last military
flight was a supersonic hop in an F-15 to open the Edwards
Airshow just a few years back. Yeager was age 79 at the time.
It was a fairly small ceremony, but check out the front row of
guests!
Left to right you've got Clay Lacy (record-setting aviator, Clay
Lacy's company shoots about every piece of air-to-air film you'll
want to see including virtually all airline commercials), Frank
Borman (yeah, the flew-around-the-moon Apollo 8 guy), Bob Hoover
(greatest pilot ever lived, period), and Baron Hilton (an
accomplished aviator, and the next best Hilton to meet after
Paris).
Media coverage was very light. There were no more than a half
dozen photographers, a few from the Air Force, a couple from the
local desert newspapers, and me; so I guess these would qualify
as "rare historic photo's", huh?
Yeager ended his speech by joking with Bob Hoover they were
getting close to running that last checklist.
When we do, he said, the last item will be: "Man, we had a ball."
.. and I'll bet they did!
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| Subject: | Re: FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager |
Now THAT is a cool story!
----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Dettmer, AIA
To: commander-list@matronics.com
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:56 AM
Subject: RE: Commander-List: FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager
Seven years ago I celebrated my 50th birthday by hiking up to the top
of Mt. Whitney, and back in one day. On the way up, at about 13,000
feet msl (the peak is just short of 15,000' msl), I ran into Chuck
Yeager coming down. He was 76 years old then.what a stud. He had been
in the back country fishing for a few weeks. Later in the evening,
after I returned to my motel in Lone Pine, CA (after 13.5 hours of
hiking 22 miles up & down) I got to spend some time chatting with Chuck.
I had just purchased my Commander 680F, and wanted to talk airplanes.
Chuck only wanted to talk fishing. It was a real honor to be sitting
there drinking a beer, looking up at Mt Whitney and sharing adventures
on the mountain with the legend.
I'm still awed by the man.
Randy Dettmer, AIA
680F / N6253X
DettmerArchitecture
663 Hill Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
805 541 4864 / Fax 805 541 4865
www.dettmerarchitecture.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Bob
Steele
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:55 AM
To: commander-list@matronics.com
Subject: Commander-List: FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager
I hope the photos remain embedded in this e-mail. I have no idea who
Desert Dave is - this e-mail came from my brother John who was in the
Goldent Knights for 6 years.
They broke the mold..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Continuing Adventures of Desert Dave
and his Camera at Large
There are precious few things that'll get me out of bed at 4am, but
add an invitation to see General Chuck Yeager speak at the dedication of
a statue of his likeness at the "Sound Barrier Park" in the heart of
Edwards AFB to the short list.
The statue was dedicated in a ceremony at the corner of Rosamond and
Yeager Blvd a street named in the General's honor. A dubious honor by
Yeager's thinking: They name streets after dead people, he noted
during his remarks.
Chuck seemed a little bit humbled by the honor (no, really)! But he
also managed to get a few licks in.
"I'm a bit PO'd" he quipped, "watching all these airplanes buzzing
around and I'm not flying them".
"I'm 83 and I could fly in an F-16 with no problem, but General Bedke
doesn't think so." - alluding to the fact that a few years back the Air
Force (base commander General Bedke) stopped allowing him to fly test
pilot school fighters. His last military flight was a supersonic hop in
an F-15 to open the Edwards Airshow just a few years back. Yeager was
age 79 at the time.
It was a fairly small ceremony, but check out the front row of guests!
Left to right you've got Clay Lacy (record-setting aviator, Clay
Lacy's company shoots about every piece of air-to-air film you'll want
to see including virtually all airline commercials), Frank Borman (yeah,
the flew-around-the-moon Apollo 8 guy), Bob Hoover (greatest pilot ever
lived, period), and Baron Hilton (an accomplished aviator, and the next
best Hilton to meet after Paris).
Media coverage was very light. There were no more than a half dozen
photographers, a few from the Air Force, a couple from the local desert
newspapers, and me; so I guess these would qualify as "rare historic
photo's", huh?
Yeager ended his speech by joking with Bob Hoover they were getting
close to running that last checklist.
When we do, he said, the last item will be: "Man, we had a ball."
.. and I'll bet they did!
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| Subject: | FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager |
Great memory / story!
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Randy
Dettmer, AIA
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:57 PM
Subject: RE: Commander-List: FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager
Seven years ago I celebrated my 50th birthday by hiking up to the top of
Mt. Whitney, and back in one day. On the way up, at about 13,000 feet
msl (the peak is just short of 15,000' msl), I ran into Chuck Yeager
coming down. He was 76 years old then...what a stud. He had been in
the back country fishing for a few weeks. Later in the evening, after I
returned to my motel in Lone Pine, CA (after 13.5 hours of hiking 22
miles up & down) I got to spend some time chatting with Chuck. I had
just purchased my Commander 680F, and wanted to talk airplanes. Chuck
only wanted to talk fishing. It was a real honor to be sitting there
drinking a beer, looking up at Mt Whitney and sharing adventures on the
mountain with the legend.
I'm still awed by the man.
Randy Dettmer, AIA
680F / N6253X
DettmerArchitecture
663 Hill Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
805 541 4864 / Fax 805 541 4865
www.dettmerarchitecture.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Bob
Steele
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:55 AM
Subject: Commander-List: FW: Honoring Chuck Yeager
I hope the photos remain embedded in this e-mail. I have no idea who
Desert Dave is - this e-mail came from my brother John who was in the
Goldent Knights for 6 years.
They broke the mold..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Continuing Adventures of Desert Dave
and his Camera at Large
There are precious few things that'll get me out of bed at 4am, but add
an invitation to see General Chuck Yeager speak at the dedication of a
statue of his likeness at the "Sound Barrier Park" in the heart of
Edwards AFB to the short list.
The statue was dedicated in a ceremony at the corner of Rosamond and
Yeager Blvd a street named in the General's honor. A dubious honor by
Yeager's thinking: They name streets after dead people, he noted
during his remarks.
Chuck seemed a little bit humbled by the honor (no, really)! But he also
managed to get a few licks in.
"I'm a bit PO'd" he quipped, "watching all these airplanes buzzing
around and I'm not flying them".
"I'm 83 and I could fly in an F-16 with no problem, but General Bedke
doesn't think so." - alluding to the fact that a few years back the Air
Force (base commander General Bedke) stopped allowing him to fly test
pilot school fighters. His last military flight was a supersonic hop in
an F-15 to open the Edwards Airshow just a few years back. Yeager was
age 79 at the time.
It was a fairly small ceremony, but check out the front row of guests!
Left to right you've got Clay Lacy (record-setting aviator, Clay Lacy's
company shoots about every piece of air-to-air film you'll want to see
including virtually all airline commercials), Frank Borman (yeah, the
flew-around-the-moon Apollo 8 guy), Bob Hoover (greatest pilot ever
lived, period), and Baron Hilton (an accomplished aviator, and the next
best Hilton to meet after Paris).
Media coverage was very light. There were no more than a half dozen
photographers, a few from the Air Force, a couple from the local desert
newspapers, and me; so I guess these would qualify as "rare historic
photo's", huh?
Yeager ended his speech by joking with Bob Hoover they were getting
close to running that last checklist.
When we do, he said, the last item will be: "Man, we had a ball."
.. and I'll bet they did!
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