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At the ripe old age of 97.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/us/c ... -dead.html

Kiwias wrote: Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:12 am At the ripe old age of 97.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/us/c ... -dead.html

2020 can go and fuck itself

Yesterday's news.
https://notplanetrugby.com/viewtopic.php?p=61067#p61067

Without resorting to Google, I seem to remember reading that the Yanks and Yeager basically pinched all the research and technology from the Brits to build the plane that could break the sound barrier simply because they wanted to be the first to do it.

Insane_Homer wrote: Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:31 am Yesterday's news.
https://notplanetrugby.com/viewtopic.php?p=61067#p61067

I saw that but reckon he deserved a dedicated thread.