Yeager: An Autobiography
Chuck Yeager
Feb 2020 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Chris Browning, Pamela Dillman, David Stifel, Dan Mills, Arthur Morey, Fred Sanders, Jason Culp, Joseph Grimm, Rod Shapiro, and Dominic Hoffman
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#1 MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER • A one-of-a-kind portrait of a true American hero: General Chuck Yeager
“The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.”
General Chuck Yeager was 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 he 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 engaging in do-or-die dogfights over Nazi Europe. How after being shot down 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 wonderful 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.
“The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.”
General Chuck Yeager was 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 he 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 engaging in do-or-die dogfights over Nazi Europe. How after being shot down 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 wonderful 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.
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December 9, 2020
What better way to celebrate the life of a true American Hero; then by listening to his autobiography simply titled: “YEAGER”! The passing of BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES ELWOOD “CHUCK” YEAGER, USAF (Ret.) age 97 on December 7, 2020 is a great loss for all of America. He was the epitome of someone who had “The Right Stuff” and personified the true meaning of Duty, Honor, Country, and Commitment. A legend... a hero... a Test Pilot... the Best of the Best; all rolled into a man who always carried out the mission to the best of his abilities. Fearlessness, tenacity, extreme courage and bravery carried with him throughout World War II, as a U.S. Army Air Force fighter pilot; flying the North American P-51 Mustang. Most importantly, he will be forever immortalized as the first person to break the sound barrier; flying the rocket propelled research aircraft: BELL X-1. We will miss you very much General Yeager for all you have done in service to your country. May you Rest In Peace and soar thru the heavens touching the face of God! I salute you sir.
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