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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Replying to @GenChuckYeager @HISTORY and
And it was (eventually) famous
@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...1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @aerohistorian @HISTORY and
WRONG. Where did you get that idea?
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Replying to @GenChuckYeager @HISTORY and
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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Replying to @aerohistorian @GenChuckYeager and
Read "Yeager".. Chuck's ribs were not officially busted.. and visiting the doc was a covert op..
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Replying to @hatdrummer1 @GenChuckYeager and
I have. And read much more and talked to some of his contemporaries.
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You didn't read it carefully. To which alleged contemporaries did you supposedly speak?
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