Chuck Yeager on Twitter: "To close hatch on X-1, hindered by my broken ribs, Ridley sawed off a broomstick, gave me a piece.It worked. Then, I broke the sound barrier"

@GenChuckYeager

WWII Fighter Ace,1st person to break the sound barrier, Fighter pilot, like huntin', fishin', 1st to fly faster than Mach 2, author, http://www.chuckyeager.com ;

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1. Steve in Manhattan*‏ @blogenfreude 14 Oct 2015
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  @GenChuckYeager pleased to hear the movie was accurate in that respect.
  
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1. Al Adams‏ @aladams75 14 Oct 2015
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  @GenChuckYeager Gen Yeager: your courage is amazing! Thank you for your service to our country. God bless you sir!
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1. Michael Robinson‏ @Mikey0090 14 Oct 2015
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  @GenChuckYeager Mr. Yeager, was the P-51 that much better than the Axis fighters or was it the Allied pilots? #P-51Cadillacofthesky
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1. THE DUDE‏ @GONZ0HUNTER 14 Oct 2015
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  @GenChuckYeager you were hung over as well right?
  
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1. King of Tωitter‏ @TonyNoland 14 Oct 2015
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  There are a lot of reasons to admire @GenChuckYeager, but that comma he placed after "Then" is yet another. @Arktist
  
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1. Soyuz Guts‏ @theglitzkrieg 14 Oct 2015
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  @GenChuckYeager I won't let these broken legs stop my goals. You didn't work that hard for future generations to quit.
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1. Des Ruption‏ @des_ruption 14 Oct 2015
  @Major_Skidmark @GenChuckYeager Because he was tasked with breaking the sound barrier, rather than memories of surviving rape, #youidiot
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1. Bill Binder‏ @whbinder 14 Oct 2015
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  .@GenChuckYeager broke the sound barrier 68 years ago, today. No one has yet been cooler.
  
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1. Des Ruption‏ @des_ruption 14 Oct 2015
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  @GenChuckYeager LEGEND.
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1. Adam Mason‏ @adamswimnh 15 Oct 2015
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  @GenChuckYeager Whatever happened to that piece of broomstick?
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