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Jacques Secrétin, champion du monde de tennis de table en 1977.

Pour ma génération, c'était surtout un nom (et une signature) que je voyais sur le côté des tables Cornilleau. 

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Chuck Yeager, pilote de guerre et as durant la 2ème Guerre mondiale, la guerre de Corée et la guerre du Vietnam et, surtout, pour un temps, homme le plus rapide du monde le 14 octobre 1947 malgré 2 côtes cassées.

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il y a 4 minutes, Ultimex a dit :

Chuck Yeager, pilote de guerre et as durant la 2ème Guerre mondiale, la guerre de Corée et la guerre du Vietnam et, surtout, pour un temps, homme le plus rapide du monde le 14 octobre 1947 malgré 2 côtes cassées.

 

Comme un ultime pied de nez, il est parti le jour de l'attaque de Pearl Harbor...

 

97 ans, ça fait une belle longévité, compte tenu de ses exploits :

 

Citation

Yeager enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) on September 12, 1941, and became an aircraft mechanic at George Air Force Base, Victorville, California. At enlistment, Yeager was not eligible for flight training because of his age and educational background, but the entry of the U.S. into World War II less than three months later prompted the USAAF to alter its recruiting standards. Having unusually sharp vision (a visual acuity rated 20/10), which once enabled him to shoot a deer at 600 yards (550 m), Yeager displayed natural talent as a pilot and was accepted for flight training.

 

Yeager had gained one victory before he was shot down over France in his first aircraft (P-51B-5-NA s/n 43-6763) on March 5, 1944, on his eighth mission. He escaped to Spain on March 30 with the help of the Maquis (French Resistance) and returned to England on May 15, 1944.

 

Yeager demonstrated outstanding flying skills and combat leadership. On October 12, 1944, he became the first pilot in his group to make "ace in a day," downing five enemy aircraft in a single mission.

 

Yeager remained in the Air Force after the war, becoming a test pilot at Muroc Army Air Field (now Edwards Air Force Base) [...] Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, flying the X-1 Glamorous Glennis at Mach 1.05 at an altitude of 45,000 feet (13,700 m) over the Rogers Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert.

 

Yeager went on to break many other speed and altitude records. He was also one of the first American pilots to fly a MiG-15, after its pilot, No Kum-sok, defected to South Korea.

 

[...] shortly after reaching Mach 2.44, Yeager lost control of the X-1A at about 80,000 ft (24,000 m) due to inertia coupling, a phenomenon largely unknown at the time. With the aircraft simultaneously rolling, pitching, and yawing out of control, Yeager dropped 51,000 feet (16,000 m) in less than a minute before regaining control at around 29,000 feet (8,800 m). He then managed to land without further incident.

 

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Yeager set several light general aircraft performance records for speed, range, and endurance. Most notable were flights conducted on behalf of Piper Aircraft. On one such flight, Yeager performed an emergency landing as a result of fuel exhaustion.

 

 

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