From the December 2012 issue of Popular Hot Rodding magazine: It’s called “stealing a shot,” a Hollywood term that means shooting commercial footage without a permit. Technically, anytime you whip out a camera in the L.A. Basin with the intent to publish the results (movie, print, interwebs, whatever) for personal gain, you need a permit. 

NOTE: This story first appeared in the June 1986 edition of MotorTrend. We’ve resurfaced it as a celebration of the life of Yeager, an American icon who passed away on December 7, 2020, at the age of 97. General Chuck Yeager is perhaps the greatest pilot in the world. He’s now retired from military and research

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