Written by chuck yeager, audiobook narrated by chris browning, pamela dillman, david stifel, dan mills, arthur morey, fred sanders, jason culp, joseph grimm, rod shapiro, dominic hoffman. Chris browning, pamela dillman, david stifel, and others length. The x1, piloted by chuck yeager, was the first manned airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the xplanes, a series of american experimental rocket planes and nonrocket planes designated for testing of new technologies and often kept secret. As a chuck yeager fan, of course i had to buy this book.
Chuck yeager is a world war ii fighter pilot ace who became the first person to break the sound barrier in 1947. The games include chuck yeager s advanced flight trainer, chuck yeager s advanced flight trainer 2. X1a flight december 12th, 1953 audio and transcript. Browse audiobooks read by jason culp sorted by best selling this month page 1 sign up login. Bell aircraft corporation ilm on the bell x1a called higher and faster detailing the progress of the bell x1a research aircraft. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. E1764 the bell aircraft corporation x1a 4884 is photographed in 1955 sitting on the rogers dry lakebed at edwards, california. Yeager, thinking as always hes the greatest goddamned pilot that ever lived, took the 104 up without getting thoroughly checked out in it, because, well, hes chuck yeager.
Ascani for sourcing the audio and transcript for me. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Chuck yeager remained in the air force after the war, becoming a test pilot at muroc army air field now edwards air force base. Please allow 68 weeks for delivery when placing these orders. General yeager, of course, reserves the right not to sign anything. It is written in a polished downhome, backwoods dialect that is so endearing. Chuck yeager audio books, best sellers, author bio. E1758cowboy joe naca highspeed flight station test pilot joseph walker and his steed bell aircraft corporation x1a a happy joe was photographed in 1955 at. Yeager, chuck, 1923 air pilots united states biography.
Offers a personal glimpse of air pilot general chuck yeager. Adapted from tom wolfes bestselling book, the right stuff tells the heroic story of chuck yeager the first person to fly faster than the speed of. Breaking the sound barrier the greatest moments in. We are privileged to read his story in his own words. Browse audiobooks read by jason culp sorted by best. Missions featured several of yeager s accomplishments and let players attempt to top his records. Arthur kit murray made 18 test flights between 21 november 1953 and 26 august 1954. Bell test pilot jean skip ziegler made six flights between 14 february and 25 april 1953. Yeager, an autobiography sound recording chuck yeager.
The game manuals featured quotes and anecdotes from yeager, and were well received by players. Jack ridley, devised a flight program they dubbed operation naca weep to steal the naca and navys thunder before the 17 december anniversary. It is no wonder that just about every fighter pilot that has come down the pipe has tried to emulate that soft west virginia twang. Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iphone, ipad, or android. Download audiobooks narrated by chuck yeager to your device. Chuck yeager tells how he saves another pilot from hypoxia.
Chuck yeagers insane nf104 crash or holy shit, this. Bell x1a with chuck yeager sound barrier planejunkie. Air force supersonic research project built by bell aircraft. Below you will find the transcript of the actual air to air and air to ground communications of chuck yeager s wild ride in the bell x1a on december 12 1953. Theres a lot more to this story than the lets glorify yeager at all costs version, and i heard from a pilot who was there. The rogers dry lake is the whitish area under the planes with the airfield at the edge of the dry lake.
Such item also will be personalized with first name only. The right stuff the bell x1a with levon helm as maj jack ridley. Conceived during 1944 and designed and built in 1945, it achieved a speed of nearly 1,000 miles per hour 1,600 kmh. Thus tom wolfe pulls us into chuck yeager s world in muroc in the 1940s when the sound barrier is about to be broken and segues us into the original seven the chosen ones with the righteous, righteous stuff, the first men into space. General chuck yeager, the greatest test pilot of them all the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. Book club genres all book club genres sorting by best selling this month. This book was written by a pilot, who loves to fly. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. The story of chuck yeager s wild ride in the bell x1a by dr.
A valuable companion to the bestselling bantam hardcover. I would like to express my gratitude to major general fred j. General chuck yeager was the greatest test pilot of them allthe first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. Browse audiobooks read by dominic hoffman sorted by best selling this month page 1 sign up login. In chuck yeager s advanced flight trainer you have the chance to test pilot 14 different airplanes, such as the bell x1 and the lockheed sr71. Every kid in my firstgrade class in west virginia knew local hero chuck yeager was the first pilot to break the sound. Browse audiobooks read by dominic hoffman sorted by best.
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