Deebye, I know what you want this Christmas

[--Pete]

Hi,

There is an exception to most rules. *cough* Chuck Yeager *cough*

Have you ever read his bio? No one was more cautious in his boldness than Yeager. He made haste, slowly. He checked everything and then he checked it again. He did his job methodical, professionally, and as safely as it could be done. Given that he was still a young man in the fifties when jet packs were being tested by the military, and that he never got involved with that program, I suspect he wasn't attracted. His one crash was due to a design flaw -- the aircraft he was testing did not have sufficient hydraulic reserves. In spite of that, he came close to saving it anyway.

--Pete