Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight.
From Chuck Yeager
Never wait for trouble.
What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening and correct it.
It wasn't that the X-1 would kill you, it was the systems in the X-1 that would kill you.
It's really difficult for fanatic churchgoers to understand God can't help me. I'm the only one who can help me.
When I was picked to fly the X-1, it was my duty to fly it, and I did.
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