In 1947 Yeager broke the sound barrier in an X-1 rocket-powered plane. The night before this flight, he fell off a horse and broke two ribs. Worried the injury would get him booted from the mission, he had a civilian doctor tape him up. The injury hurt so much he couldn't close the X-1's hatch. His fellow pilot Jack Ridley made a device with a broom handle that allowed Yeager to operate it. His plane was named Glamorous Glennis, after his wife.
Yeager was the first commandant of the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School, producing astronauts and test pilots for the Air Force. Since Yeager only had a high school education, he could not be an astronaut, but he still trained to operate NASA vehicles and equipment..
Check out our Mystery Cache that we have hidden honouring Chuck Yeager.
GC6XYFQ YEAGER.
The History of Flight cache series contains micro or small cache containers that are hidden in high muggle areas. Each container contains log only so be sure and take your pen/pencil with you and use stealth when necessary. If you find the log is almost full, feel free to replace it or let us know so we can bring a new one out.
***CONGRATULATIONS TO Super_Nate & Called2Care FOR CO-FTF***
To find the hidden coordinates to the final location of this cache, answer the following question:
For whom was Yeager's airplane named after?
A. His mother Glennis Yeager. . . . N 35° 2.191' W 85° 10.272'
B. His first-grade teacher Glennis Aiken. . . N 35° 2.674' W 85° 11.396'
C. His wife Glennis Yeager. . . . N 35° 0.707' W 85° 12.587'