--- title: "7 Flight Quotes By Chuck Yeager" description: "7 Flight quotes by Chuck Yeager. Plus more from Chuck Yeager and more Flight sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/chuck-yeager-17185_airplane_as-we-went-through-mach-one-the-nose-sta_865465.jpg" --- > [As we went through mach one, the nose started dropping, so we just cranked that horizontal stabilizer down to keep the nose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/as-we-went-through-mach-one-the-nose-started-dropping-so-we-just/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/chuck-yeager-17185_airplane_as-we-went-through-mach-one-the-nose-sta_865465.jpg) > [Hey Ridley, that Machometer is acting screwy. It just went off the scale on me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/hey-ridley-that-machometer-is-acting-screwy-it-just-went-off-the/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/chuck-yeager-17185_acting_hey-ridley-that-machometer-is-acting-scr_1603752.png) > [You concentrate on what you are doing, to do the best job you can, to stay out of a serious situation. That’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/you-concentrate-on-what-you-are-doing-to-do-the-best-job-you-can-to/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/chuck-yeager-17185_aviation_you-concentrate-on-what-you-are-doing-to_2127474.png) > [At 42,000' in approximately level flight, a third cylinder was turned on. Acceleration was rapid and speed increased to .98 Mach. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/at-42-000-in-approximately-level-flight-a-third-cylinder-was-turned/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36a/chuck-yeager-17185_acceleration_at-42-000-in-approximately-level-flight_2229156.png) > [Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/later-i-realized-that-the-mission-had-to-end-in-a-let-down-because/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/chuck-yeager-17185_experience_later-i-realized-that-the-mission-had-to_2598487.png) > [After about 30 minutes I puked all over my airplane. I said to my self, "Man, you made a big mistake."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/after-about-30-minutes-i-puked-all-over-my-airplane-i-said-to-my-self/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/chuck-yeager-17185_airplane_after-about-30-minutes-i-puked-all-over_2744681.png) > [Leveling off at 42,000 feet, I had thirty percent of my fuel, so I turned on rocket chamber three and immediately reached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/leveling-off-at-42-000-feet-i-had-thirty-percent-of-my-fuel-so-i/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/chuck-yeager-17185_aviation_leveling-off-at-42-000-feet-i-had-thirty_2886071.png) ## Other authors on Flight ## More by Chuck Yeager > [In 1966, NASA took over in space, and it has been a bureaucratic mess ever since.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/in-1966-nasa-took-over-in-space-and-it-has-been-a-bureaucratic-mess/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/you-do-what-you-can-for-as-long-as-you-can-and-when-you-finally-can-t/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [It's your duty to fly the airplane. If you get killed in it, you don't know anything about it anyway. Duty is paramount. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/it-s-your-duty-to-fly-the-airplane-if-you-get-killed-in-it-you-don-t/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [I don't think about life everlasting. If something doesn't have scientific evidence to back it up, I don't believe it. I'm a straight shooter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/i-don-t-think-about-life-everlasting-if-something-doesn-t-have/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/if-you-want-to-grow-old-as-a-pilot-you-ve-got-to-know-when-to-push-it/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [It wasn't that the X-1 would kill you, it was the systems in the X-1 that would kill you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/it-wasn-t-that-the-x-1-would-kill-you-it-was-the-systems-in-the-x-1/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [As we went through mach one, the nose started dropping, so we just cranked that horizontal stabilizer down to keep the nose up. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/as-we-went-through-mach-one-the-nose-started-dropping-so-we-just/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [I have no regrets about my life. People ask, "If you had to do it all over again, would you do it differently?" No.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/i-have-no-regrets-about-my-life-people-ask-if-you-had-to-do-it-all/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [That to me is a bunch of crap trying to shoot guys up into damned space. What they're going to do is they're going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/that-to-me-is-a-bunch-of-crap-trying-to-shoot-guys-up-into-damned/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/the-secret-of-my-success-is-that-i-always-managed-to-live-to-fly/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [Unfortunately, many people do not consider fun an important item on their daily agenda. For me, that was always a high priority in whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/unfortunately-many-people-do-not-consider-fun-an-important-item-on/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/you-don-t-concentrate-on-risks-you-concentrate-on-results-no-risk-is/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [Never wait for trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/never-wait-for-trouble/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [There is no kind of ultimate goal to do something twice as good as anyone else can. It's just to do the job as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/there-is-no-kind-of-ultimate-goal-to-do-something-twice-as-good-as/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) > [“You get in, You shoot, You get out!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-yeager/you-get-in-you-shoot-you-get-out/) [Chuck Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-yeager/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flight/chuck-yeager/#itemlist", "name": "7 Flight Quotes By Chuck Yeager", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As we went through mach one, the nose started dropping, so we just cranked that horizontal stabilizer down to keep the nose up. 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