theme song by NKOTB not bad either
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 4 February 2019 23:05 (five years ago) link
per an Apollo book, Chasing the Moon, reviewed in last Sunday's NYTBR, Chuck Yeager told other candidates in an aerospace trainee program not to speak to the sole black candidate, Air Force pilot Edward Dwight. Dwight was essentially forced out of the program by Yeager.
movies is movies
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
Edwards AFB released the complete film of Yeager's crash in the NF-104. 56 years ago today. (also, it's terrifying!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e32CPRXEZ7s
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 22:08 (four years ago) link
Big ol' new interview with Kaufman on it
https://www.vulture.com/article/how-philip-kaufman-made-the-right-stuff-movie.html
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 November 2023 16:52 (six months ago) link