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#4500185 - 12/13/19 12:58 PM Video of Yeager Crash In NF-104A Dec 10, 1963 Released  
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From comments:

danpass12: "Why has it taken so long to release the footage?"

Edwards Air Force Base: "Our history office came to us and said, "look what we found""





https://youtu.be/e32CPRXEZ7s


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#4500186 - 12/13/19 01:03 PM Re: Video of Yeager Crash In NF-104A Dec 10, 1963 Released [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Good find F4 Thanks


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#4500193 - 12/13/19 02:06 PM Re: Video of Yeager Crash In NF-104A Dec 10, 1963 Released [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Glad this was found. Cool headed pilot. He stayed with for good while before ejecting.


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#4500194 - 12/13/19 02:13 PM Re: Video of Yeager Crash In NF-104A Dec 10, 1963 Released [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Chuck is 96 now. What a legend he is.


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#4500229 - 12/13/19 05:35 PM Re: Video of Yeager Crash In NF-104A Dec 10, 1963 Released [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Nice video that shows that deep stalls are swinging around drastically and not spinning around endlessly.

#4500266 - 12/14/19 03:18 AM Re: Video of Yeager Crash In NF-104A Dec 10, 1963 Released [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Neat video and so cool to have been found and released. Thank you F4UDash4 for sharing.

I can't help but hear: "Sir...over there. Is that a man?"
"Yeah you #%&*$# right it is."

What a treasure Chuck Yeager is to our nation and all his war time and peace time contributions and efforts.


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#4500269 - 12/14/19 03:38 AM Re: Video of Yeager Crash In NF-104A Dec 10, 1963 Released [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Thanks for posting the video, F4.

Aviation History magazine had an article on the NF-104A project a couple of years ago. Basically the article said that the 'official' cause of the crash as stated in the video was what the then current secretary of defense ordered. The actual cause was that Yeager had failed to pay attention to the briefings he was given by pilots who had been flying the zoom profiles. Yeager was an excellent 'seat of the pants' pilot, but when the aircraft became ballistic, ie, a spacecraft due to lack of aerodynamic forces for the control surfaces to use, he lost his 'feel' for the plane and couldn't regain control with the reaction thrusters. If I recall he was never allowed to fly another NF-104A flight and this was basically the reason he was never considered for astronaut training in the Mercury program.


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