Chuck Yeager: The X-1 was fun to fly, that’s the way we looked at it, because it was very interesting. When you do research flying, you are doing things and solving problems that no one else has been able to solve. So it was interesting to see all these things come along. The running out of elevator, that was new. All the engineers said, “Jeez, what’s going on?” Then flying with the flying tail, that was something new. And it turned out pretty good, really. Actually, you really don’t think about the outcome of any kind of a flight, whether it’s combat, or any other kinds of flights, because you really have no control over it. And that’s the way I looked at the X-1. You don’t worry about the outcome, obviously. You concentrate on what you are doing, to do the best job you can, to stay out of a serious situation. That’s the way the X-1 was. When we got it above mach one without it flying apart, you can laughingly say now, “Well, I was disappointed because it didn’t blow up.” But that’s not true. You are a little bit surprised that things didn’t fly apart because that’s the way you’ve been sort of thinking. But, when it didn’t you are relieved.