Yeager: An Autobiography
by:
Chuck Yeager (author)
Leo Janos (author)
General Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of them all -- the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound . . .the World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang . . .the hero who defined a certain quality that all hotshot fly-boys of the postwar...
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General Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of them all -- the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound . . .the World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang . . .the hero who defined a certain quality that all hotshot fly-boys of the postwar era aimed to achieve: the right stuff.Now Chuck Yeager tells his whole incredible life story with the same "wide-open, full throttle" approach that has marked his astonishing career. What it was really like enaging in do-or-die dogfights over Nazi Europe. How after being shot over occupied France, Yeager somehow managed to escape. The amazing behind-the-scenes story of smashing the sound barrier despite cracked ribs from a riding accident days before.The entire story is here, in Yeager's own words, and in wondeful insights from his wife and those friends and colleagues who have known him best. It is the personal and public story of a man who settled for nothing less than excellence, a one-of-a-kind portrait of a true American hero.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780553256741 (0553256742)
Publish date: September 1st 1986
Publisher: Bantam
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Space,
War,
Military,
Biography Memoir,
World War II,
Military History
Right place at the right time. That is the story of Chuck Yeager's life. This book is very well written and will be difficult to put down once you start reading. A good auto biography is one in which you can hear the voice of the author in your head as you read. Clearly you can hear Chuckie and quic...
What a pilot, still flying.
What a pilot, still flying.