Air Force legend Charles Elwood “Chuck” Yeager was so much more than the test pilot who flew faster than sound for the first time.
He was an American patriot who graduated from high school and joined the U.S. Army at the beginning of World War II. He worked hard and became an enlisted pilot trainee and then ended up flying in three wars.
I learned to fly in a Piper Tomahawk which had a "Flying T Tail". Most instructors and students hated it. I loved it.