yeager, chuck

Provides a biography of pilot Chuck Yeager and chronicles his efforts to be the first to break the sound barrier.

Covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be in it.

Describes the life of the West Virginia boy who won a place in the history of aviation as the first pilot to fly through the sound barrier.

Relates how the young pilot distinguished himself in World War II and subsequently became the first person to break the sonic barrier.

A biography of the Air Force test pilot who in 1947 was the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound.

Surveys the life of the country boy from West Virginia who became a great pilot, ending his career as an Air Force brigadier general with more than 10,000 hours of flying time in some 180 different aircraft.

The autobiography of the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound.

Tells the history of supersonic planes and of Chuck Yeager as the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound.

Presents a short biography of Chuck Yeager who became the first aviator to break the sound barrier, and chronicles his life and experiences during World War Two and his contribution to air power.