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YA Bona fide heroes are a rare breed, and while Chuck Yeager would be the first to deny he was one, his life story tells a different tale. Here he describes his early life in the hills of West Virginia; his years as fighter pilot in World War II, where he was shot down in occupied France and escaped with the help of the French Resistance; his love of flying. His coolness under pressure; his knowledge of how everything on his plane worked; and his extraordinary luck saved his life in many instances. Brash, opinionated, stubborn and given to wild antics, Yeager also comes across as a man of integrity and courage. Yeager both lived and made aviation history. He tells his story vividly and pulls no punches in describing the events and the people who made history with him. Diana Hirsch, PGCMLS, Md.
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Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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People who know nothing else about aviation know that it was Chuck Yeager who broke the sound barrier. Those who have read Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff also know he did it with broken ribs from a nocturnal horse race. Readers of this engrossing work will find these circumstances typical of the way Yeager has always done things. In matter-of-fact language that covers both suspenseful flying descriptions and high times with drunken flying buddies, Yeager holds one's attention with the same ease that he brought to research and test flying. There is understatement in his descriptions of combat flying over Europe, of family life and his displeasure over having to be gone so long, of the years in the California desert; and his confident tone enhances these and other reminiscences in what has to be the aviation literature event of the year, and a bonus for general readers, too. BOMC main selection. Mel D. Lane, Sacramento, Cal.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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fighter test pilots, flight test division, orange beast, flying chase, rocket chambers, fire warning light, military test pilots, research airplane, rocket airplane, test pilot school, air force brass, golden trout, maintenance officer, fighter jocks, bird colonel, chief test pilot, first powered flight Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Virginia, Colonel Boyd, Air Corps, General Boyd, Jack Ridley, World War, Shooting Star, Wright Field, Bud Anderson, Chief of Staff, White House, Dick Frost, New York, Chuck Yeager, Pete Everest, Bob Hoover, General Eisenhower, Jackie Cochran, Colonel Ascani, General Branch, Larry Bell, Jack Russell, New Mexico, North American, War College New!
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I never knew when I might be taking my last ride. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fighter test pilots, flight test division, orange beast, flying chase, rocket chambers, fire warning light, military test pilots, research airplane, rocket airplane, test pilot school, air force brass, golden trout, maintenance officer, fighter jocks, bird colonel, chief test pilot, first powered flight Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Virginia, Colonel Boyd, Air Corps, General Boyd, Jack Ridley, World War, Shooting Star, Wright Field, Bud Anderson, Chief of Staff, White House, Dick Frost, New York, Chuck Yeager, Pete Everest, Bob Hoover, General Eisenhower, Jackie Cochran, Colonel Ascani, General Branch, Larry Bell, Jack Russell, New Mexico, North American, War College New!
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