The Right Stuff Chuck Yeager NF-104- Flight of Icarus

Hey Ridley, you got any Beemans?

I chose this song because I felt that Chuck Yeagers NF-104 flight was like his Flight of Icarus,because Chuck Yeager flew to high and stalled when he wasn't suppose too.

Song: Iron Maiden- Flight of Icarus


Yeager didn't just swipe this Starfighter off the flight line. It was part of an Air Force project to set the altitude record. The plane was equipped with rocket engines and thrusters like the ones used on spacecraft. Yeager found himself in a spot where there was too much air for the thrusters and not enough for the control surfaces. Those stubby wings were no good for spin recovery. A piece of ejection seat propellant got in his helmet and badly burned his face.

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• The Right Stuff
• Chuck Yeager
• Beemans
• Jack Ridley
• USAF
• NF-104
• Starfighter
• Edwards AFB

[vomit49894]

I read some stuff about this, just recently. The person who was trying to explain to Chuck about the dynamics of flying in space, was pretty much ignored....Chuck figured it was like any normal flight (it wasn't) and that led to him crashing!

[skatepunkzero]

@vomit49894 I heard Chuck has always had a big ego, so that is probably true.

[Thraikios]

what's the music played at 0:23 ?

[skatepunkzero]

@Thraikios music form the Right Stuff Soundtrack I don't know what it is

[Tenac1ous]

Scene is fucking incredible.

[skatepunkzero]

@Tenac1ous It is, I thought the music fight perfectly

[vomit49894]

@black10872 Unless you are Yeager!

[Tesla557]

From what I've read, they were trying to set the altitiude record. The plane was equipped with rocket engines and thrusters. As the plane reached apogee, Yeager would use the front thrusters to push the nose down and keep air moving through the jet engines to keep the turbines spinning so he could maintain hydraulic pressure to keep the flight controls (which are operated by the hydraulics) operational. The first attempt worked ok, but the second attempt the thrusters couldn't get the nose down.

[mojofuel62]

@black10872 Apparently not when you're Yeager.

[black10872]

if any air force pilot takes a multimillion dollar aircraft without clearance and crashes the damn thing. he or she can kiss there career goodbye.

[kelly64d]

1 person doesent have the right stuff.

[usafvet100]

Yeager didn't just swipe this Starfighter off the flight line. It was part of an Air Force project to set the altitude record. The plane was equipped with rocket engines and thrusters like the ones used on spacecraft. Yeager found himself in a spot where there was too much air for the thrusters and not enough for the control surfaces. Those stubby wings were no good for spin recovery. A piece of ejection seat propellant got in his helmet and badly burned his face.

[vomit49894]

@skatepunkzero Me too!

[jatroup12]

"He must have clearance, right?"

"Yeah, sure, he must, it's here someplace."

ROTFL!!!