Oct 12, 1947:Went horsebackriding w/Glennis after dinner at Pancho's. We raced back. Someone had closed the gate. My horse pulled 3 gs turning to avoid it. Me? I did a few flips over the fence Not good #horse @HISTORY @TIME @POTUS #aviation #testpilot #friends @usairforce @USArmy
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@AFResearchLab aeromed doctor John Paul Stapp who taped you up. He ran an under-the-radar clinic@EdwardsAFB (helping locals and more...) when he wasn’t doing his test track research. Or so I hear...
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Who was it then? Not a whole lot of urgent cares around Muroc at that time and the actual flight surgeon would’ve grounded him with broken ribs.
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Read "Yeager".. Chuck's ribs were not officially busted.. and visiting the doc was a covert op..
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Stapp had a small clinic in Rosamond...
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Stapp knew Yeager well & tended to his family. Stapp had a reputation, like Chuck, for being a renegade w/little tolerance for red tape (& was discrete). Given lack of docs & vets in area, why wouldn’t Yeager see his nearby friend? Pic From Craig Ryan’s “Sonic Wind.” You decide.pic.twitter.com/Jt9RMZdhXn
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STOP TWEETING ON MY SITE. YOU ARE WRONG
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