Chuck Yeager Tells How He Saves Another Pilot From Hypoxia

(Exclusive)(old damaged video)

As far as I know is the first time this video has been made readily available to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;)

Flight Safety Training

Aerospace physiology is part of a military training for crew that flies on high-altitude flights, part of that training is how to recognize symptoms in yourself or in other people. The symptoms can be much like alcohol, it can affect different people in different ways. Stupor, slurred speech, amnesia, feeling of well-being, overconfidence, loss of coordination, mental confusion, argumentativeness, ect...

Chuck Yeager was/is a smart cookie, he spotted a wingmen's errors, he tried to alert the pilot in distress, but the pilot in distress became combative, rather than to try to win an argument, Chuck Yeager used psychology, he used the pilot's compassion to save him. Chuck Yeager made up a white lie/a diversion, Yeager said he had a flameout, which alerted the pilot in distress and fed on the distressed pilot's sense of loyalty and compassion. So the pilot in distress followed Yeager to a lower altitude, where the pilot recovered without mishap.

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Science & Technology

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• Hypoxia
• Oxygen
• Suffocation
• Pilot
• Aircraft
• Airplane
• USAF
• USN
• Navy
• Flight
• Safety
• Training
• Aviation
• Chuck
• Yeager

[mjanovec]

Yeager has a serious dislike for any pilot who flew for NACA and had badmouthed Joe Walker a number of times over they years. Take anything he says about a NACA or NASA pilot (Walker, Crossfield, Armstrong, etc.) with a grain of salt...since it'll always be negative.

[ATFSCrash]

Mjanovec: Pilots especially military fighter pilots tend to be controllers; they tend to be somewhat confident, arrogant and independent. Many of them have a tendency to be outspoken and they are trained to be open and critical ( under the right circumstances). Though oversight is necessary, they dont like oversight. There was some resentment of NASA being nonmilitary; so they couldnt qualify for astronauts. Fighter pilots can be highly critical, even of their best friends.

[tracyterry]

That's interesting Chuck says he was impressed with Joe Walker. In his book, "Yeager,An Autobiography", Chuck (without mentioning Walker's name) blames Walker for the famous XB-70 crash in the mid-60s.

[ATFSCrash]

I agree with Chuck Yeager's assessment. Joe Walker seems like a superb pilot, however he seemed to make some bad errors of judgment in the XP 70 crash.

Even the best people make mistakes. No one is perfect.

[1StageMom]

Wow. A hero on so many levels.

See YouTube: DISCLOSURE PROJECT to learn more about the early space program, and secrets pilots would like to tell about some of the things they've chased up there...in the wild blue yonder!

[ATFSCrash]

1StageMom "DISCLOSURE PROJECT"

A UFO/USO are not evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. I joke the reason we search for intelligent life in space, is because there isn't any here. People see and document UFO's everyday, I have seen many myself, but that doesn't mean they were ET. Let me know if you get any hard proof and credible documentation. There is a good chance I would know before you if there was.

[TerryTAnderson]

this shows how great Chuck is. that he would think quickly and come up with a super idea like that - to make Joe Walker hear that someone else needs help, so Joe snaps to his senses to 'help' someone else. Chuck simply is the best! I served in USAF 1980-84. Go Air Force!!

[relmz441]

THANK YOU ALL VETS AND THOSE SERVING.

[tenniskid004]

Notive the last line he said...

"its just something that will nail you if your not careful."

how true....just when you feel comfortable look again at the gauges and six pack....chuck cheated death so many times because of luck yes, but more importantly quick thinking

the quick thinking is skill and work...he studied those manuals frontwards and back...he knew the systems better than the guys who invented the planes.

[Reubenhubert]

I remember reading this account. He was able to get the other pilot to follow him without telling him to do it. I guess that's a big part of being a test pilot, quick thinking.

[billybillfat]

Chuck Yeager is an American Icon.

[RobertGary1]

Hypoxia a serious thing. I had a connector go south on me once and drained my O2. I didn't realize it at first, could have been bad. I know one guy who died when the FBO accidently filled his tank with air rather than O2. Funny, the guy said he'd been doing it for awhile. Pretty scarry stuff.

[relmz441]

yes HERO

[GeorgeCVideos]

This guy is awesome.