Chuck Yeager on Twitter: "Q: What is the highest altitude from which you ejected? A: It's safer lower than 6000', so I rode it down (and tried to fix the NF-104 situation) below 6000' while my wingman was yelling for 100,000' to eject (which lasted less than a minute or two)"

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1. Saskboy from Saskatchewan‏ @saskboy 20 Nov 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  I'm glad you're tweeting this interesting and important information. I hope to never be able to use this bit of survival trivia in real life.
  
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1. Alasdair Russell (デリサユン)‏ @Dhericean 20 Nov 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  And this is why they give people like you these things to fly. Don't panic, work the problem, and minimise the risks.
  
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1. Mike Higgins‏ @micintime 20 Nov 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  What an outstanding career and life! You must have needed a wheelbarrow to carry your balls around after that. Or did your wingman push it for you?pic.twitter.com/T3vpXQOO3v
  
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1. Susan Kuebler‏ @KueblerSusan 20 Nov 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  I’ll bet he wasn’t a lot of help in picking up women in bars either.
  
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1. Rich‏ @L1011Widebody 20 Nov 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  Chuck Yeager doesn't wait until he's low enough to eject. The atmosphere thickens up enough until he's ready.
  
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1. D.W. Dalrymple‏ @BIG_DWD 20 Nov 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  Wow General! I felt like I was something for not wrecking my truck last yr when I hit black ice at 70mph on the highway & doing 3 full 360s before getting it straightened out and not hitting anything...now, not so much! Haha
  
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1. Conrad Davis‏ @conradseafishin 20 Nov 2017
  Replying to @GenChuckYeager
  
  Why is it safer below 6000?
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