Clear skies, Chuck.

General Charles Yeager is dead. He lived his 97 years to the maximum and after he broke te sound barrier in 1947 he remained the man on top of the pyramid, whether he wanted it or not. Revered by his brethren as THE pilot, he definitely was one of the best ones, being able to fly a piano if a piano could fly and still make it look easy.

Now he has passed on he can reunite with Glennis, Ridley and all of the legendary pilots and astronauts that went before him to that great airfield in the sky.

Enjoy the tailwinds from here on, General.

Here's Glamorous Glennis as she looked when Yeager took the plane over mach one.
I built this model in 2013...  But the tail of the X-1 really was stolen from the Miles M.52! (-;