Chuck Yeager quotes Former World War II ace and test pilot known for being the first human to undeniably travel faster than sound Born: 02/13/1923 Country: usa

• I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my emergency equipment, and kept me flying respectful of my machine and always alert in the cockpit. (Chuck Yeager)
• If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off. (Chuck Yeager)
• Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight. (Chuck Yeager)
• Most pilots learn, when they pin on their wings and go out and get in a fighter, especially, that one thing you don't do, you don't believe anything anybody tells you about an airplane. (Chuck Yeager)
• Never wait for trouble. (Chuck Yeager)
• Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own. (Chuck Yeager)
• There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot. (Chuck Yeager)
• You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up. (Chuck Yeager)
• You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done. (Chuck Yeager)

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