CHUCK YEAGER TELLS IT LIKE HE SEES IT

Only drunk pilots see UFOs, transgender officers are fine with him, and he'd refuse to shake Hillary's hand

By Kalhan Rosenblatt

Daily Mail
August 21, 2016

Retired brigadier general Chuck Yeager might be 93, but proved he knows a thing or two about tweeting after a hilarious days-long AMA on Twitter.

Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier in level flight, spent hours on social media answering dozens of questions posed to him by users.

Since Thursday, Yeager has responded to a host of questions tweeted at him.

Some of the general's responses were humorous while others were straightforward.

Topics ranged from the upcoming election to whether the general preferred flying or sex.

One person asked: 'Who would you vote for this November? Am at a loss.'

Yeager responded: 'My Dad refused to shake Pres Truman's hand. He never met a Democrat he liked. He'd feel even more so about Clinton.'

One Twitter user asked him what would have happened if social media had existed during World War II, which he served as a private in the United States Army Air Forces before being promoted through the ranks to a P-51 fighter pilot.

He responded that Twitter would have 'created a mess'.

Yeager also told one person he would be fine with a transgender commanding officer as long as that person did their job well.

A man tweeted asking how to help his girlfriend get over her fear of 'breaking the sound barrier' when flying.

Yeager joked: 'No commercial airplanes are flying near MACH 1 or the sound barrier. It's no longer there - I broke it.'

When asked why he never went to space, he replied: 'Didn't want to wipe the monkey crap off the seat before I sat down'

Several people asked if Yeager had joined the 'mile high club' or if her preferred flying or sex.

To each query he simply responded: 'Secret.'

Yeager seemed to get annoyed after several people asked him about his thoughts on Colonel John Richard Boyd.

'7th time asked in 12 hrs. Same answer: Not impressed,' he responded to one person.

During the session he implied he doesn't believe in climate change, prefers cats to dogs and said Amelia Earhart looked like Charles Lindbergh

When asked about Edward Snowden, the general simply replied: 'The traitor?'

He also threw a not-so-subtle jab at the Navy when someone asked if he thought the military division was better than the Air Force.

His response? 'HAHAHAHA.'

One person asked how many UFOs the general had encountered during his flights.

'None. I don't drink before I fly,' he tweeted back.

Yeager also mentioned the last time he broke the sound barrier was four years ago and said it 'felt like yesterday'.

He also called the newer F-22 and the F-35 fighter jets a 'waste of money' but said despite not wanting to predict the future, he can see the merit in using drones.

'Any time a pilot doesn't have to bleed, that's a good thing,' he wrote.

Yeager finished his AMA just before 1am on Sunday, but said he would be back to continue answering questions.