Yeager: An Autobiography
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (900 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553256742 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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His coolness under pressure; his knowledge of how everything on his plane worked; and his extraordinary luck saved his life in many instances. 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. From School Library Journal 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. Diana Hirsch, PGCMLS, Md.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Yeager both lived and made aviation history. Brash, opinionated, stubborn and given to wild antics, Yeager
Good read about a great person. As an USAF veteran and a Apollo 11 worker I appreciate Chuck's contribution to the space program and as an American I admire and respect his service in defense of freedom and America. He deserves our admiration and has mine.. RT said Great read!. Fantastic book! Well written and very informative. I learned a lot I did not know about one of our true American heroes.. Corey Gaffney said Yeager did it again!. Great read and a fine example of leadership.
General Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of them all -- the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound e World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang e 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.