Chuck Yeager sues airline for unauthorized use of his name

[flyboyj]

Though I haven't met him, I have several friends who know a former NASA Shuttle pilot pretty well who apparently is taking lessons from Yeager on how to "make friends and influence people". He races at Reno every year, and before anybody asks, no it was NOT Hoot Gibson, who I've met and IS a class act. Looks like we have a Chuck Yeager Jr. in our midst!

I've met Hoot Gibson and Curt Brown at Reno. I crew an L-29 in the Jet Class and had to work with Curt extensively. Both guys are class acts, both shuttle pilots.

[warbird1]

So what were the FAA findings in the T-6 incident?

http://ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20 ... 1689&key=1

From the report:

"The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this incident as follows:

The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions that resulted in his failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. A factor was gusting tailwinds."

[Jack Cook]

A factor was gusting tailwinds

Ha! That wouldn't have been a factor if he'd have landed into the wind

[sdennison]

So what were the FAA findings in the T-6 incident?

pilot error

Say it ain't so Jack!

[ZRX61]

So what were the FAA findings in the T-6 incident?

pilot error

Say it ain't so Jack!

Seems to be a recurring theme.. The F104 he parked just up the road from here was the same cause apparently...

[k5083]

Back on topic, some of you may be aware of the teapot-tempest that brewed this week over an apparel manufacturer's use of the president's image to advertise its jackets on a Times Square billboard. This raises much the same right-of-publicity issues as the Yeager suits, and has gotten a lot more press attention. Here is one blog's take on it, with references to some of the mainstream media stories:

http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2010/ ... a-hit.html

August

[Holedigger]

Tis a slippery slope. Did Mr Washington or his family get paid for or endorse that one District using his name, or his image being liberally (or is that libelously) printing on currency or minted on coinage or large statues carved of him? Where is the line between a public persona and a privacy rights. I am all for folks who have made history trying to cash in on their part by selling their story, or endorsements, but to ban others from mentioning history because it has their name or likeness unless they pay for it, at some point, crosses the line.