“If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing. If you use the same airplane the next day, it’s an outstanding landing.”

Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, USAF

1923-2020

Chuck Yeager died this week at age 97. He was a WWII flying ace, test pilot and the first human to break the sound barrier aboard the Bell X-1 experimental supersonic aircraft.

(source: “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations”)