My Very Own Chuck Yeager

So the Rutan team won the XPrize on Monday and I continue to be fascinated with it. After scouring the net for as many photos as I could find I came across one that struck a chord with me. The photo is the one on the top left where one of the "astronaut" pilots of SpaceShipOne, Brian Binnie, is riding SSO back after one of the successful flights. I can't help but think that this move was inspired by the movie "The Right Stuff." There is a scene in the movie where Chuck Yeager (Sam Shepard) is standing on the top of the Bell X1 as it is towed back to the hangar after breaking the sound barrier. I'm not sure if that really happened or if it was just Hollywood, but kudos to Binnie for understanding just how historic his tow back to the hangar with SpaceShipOne was. My generation has it's own Yeager!