OFCOL.
What a nasty, small, narrow minded, self aggrandising piece; not worthy of Oz Flying.
I would rather like to read Yeager's obituary for Hitch. In which possible dimension could Hitch be weighed and measured against a first class military pilot? That Hitch found Yeager 'hard to like' is completely irrelevant to anything remotely related to Hitch's experience of the world and those who fly military fast jets, let alone test pilots and the like.
The thing I find distasteful is the converse 'brag' and 'big noting'. As if Hitch was on the same planet as Yeager, closely associated and qualified to form an objective opinion. Yeager wouldn't know Hitch from a bar of soap; not in any meaningful way at least. Yet Hitch feels free to claim an 'acquaintance'. That Hitch cannot fathom a man like Yeager is about the only honest comment – but then, how could he? The percentage chances of Hitch gaining access to the inner circle of Yeager's world are astronomical; the chances of him understanding that world are exponential.
I've never met Yeager, never had a beer with him, never worked with him, so how etc. Aw, forget it. Waste of bandwidth......
What a nasty, small, narrow minded, self aggrandising piece; not worthy of Oz Flying.
I would rather like to read Yeager's obituary for Hitch. In which possible dimension could Hitch be weighed and measured against a first class military pilot? That Hitch found Yeager 'hard to like' is completely irrelevant to anything remotely related to Hitch's experience of the world and those who fly military fast jets, let alone test pilots and the like.
The thing I find distasteful is the converse 'brag' and 'big noting'. As if Hitch was on the same planet as Yeager, closely associated and qualified to form an objective opinion. Yeager wouldn't know Hitch from a bar of soap; not in any meaningful way at least. Yet Hitch feels free to claim an 'acquaintance'. That Hitch cannot fathom a man like Yeager is about the only honest comment – but then, how could he? The percentage chances of Hitch gaining access to the inner circle of Yeager's world are astronomical; the chances of him understanding that world are exponential.
I've never met Yeager, never had a beer with him, never worked with him, so how etc. Aw, forget it. Waste of bandwidth......