30.11.2008, 15:42
There is a GREAT story behind this plane too.
It was the First American jet, and the Army made a fake cardboard propeller to put on it when on the runway.
Anyway, the story goes that Yeager or another test pilot goes up wearing a Gorilla suit with a stetson had and cigar. He flies up alongside an American P-51, and the P-51 pilot look over and sees a propeller less plane flown by a Gorilla wearing a Stetson had smoking a Stogy.
Anyway, Hilarious story.
It was the First American jet, and the Army made a fake cardboard propeller to put on it when on the runway.
Anyway, the story goes that Yeager or another test pilot goes up wearing a Gorilla suit with a stetson had and cigar. He flies up alongside an American P-51, and the P-51 pilot look over and sees a propeller less plane flown by a Gorilla wearing a Stetson had smoking a Stogy.
Anyway, Hilarious story.