Chuck Yeager on Twitter: "My 1st flt was AFTER I applied to pilot training.Pilot took me. I threw up all over airplane & thought, Yeager, you made a BIIIIIIG mistake!"

@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. president-elect carny d ‏ @dougalpollux 19 Aug 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  lol little did you know
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1. Stephen Boatright‏ @stevieboatleft 19 Aug 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  But you went back up. That's the important bit.
  
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1. Paul Baker‏ @paulbaker3481 19 Aug 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  At least you stayed with it and proved him and maybe a few others wrong.
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1. EF‏ @6thGUARDS_TNK 19 Aug 2017
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  Somebody who never made a mistake, never made anything!!
  
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1. Scooter Davis‏ @KyootScooter 19 Aug 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  General Yeager, and the rest is history.
  
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1. F. Hensley‏ @fredhensley 19 Aug 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  LOL!!!! This nation is very, very glad you stuck with it.... Thanks is for sharing..
  
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1. RG1974‏ @WVMAN_1974 19 Aug 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  I've only been up in a plane two times in my life. Just small planes flying over my town. Both times I just about threw up.Very bumpy ride
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1. John Richards (J.R.)‏ @improvor 19 Aug 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  I wish you could've met my wife's grandfather. He flew a P-51D in World War II over the channel. The Dakota Kid.
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1. Vincent Saia‏ @VincentSaia1 19 Aug 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  I tell that story all the time, General. Glad you weren't discouraged!
  
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1. Laura Quick‏ @LauraQuick 19 Aug 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  I just love your tweets! Read Yeager with delight! You are my most favorite American Hero! Thanks for your remarkable service!
  
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