New Releases by Chuck Yeager

Wit wisdom from New York Times #1 best-selling author (sold over 1.2 million books), the original badass Right Stuff, fighter ace, test pilot, greatest pilot, a pilot's pilot, a man's man, a woman's man: Chuck Yeager, his favorite wingman, Victoria. Find out why Maverick, the new Top Gun movie, pays homage to Chuck Yeager! Chuck Yeager risked his life to break the sound barrier opening up space. Many are inspired by his wit wisdom that got him through poverty in the hollers of West Virginia, helped him escape the Gestapo become a fighter ace hero in World War II, made him the greatest pilot who ever lived.

On October 14, 1947, flying the Bell X-1 rocket plane, Chuck Yeager burst through the mythical sound barrier at mach 1.0, to become the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. Yeager's epic flight was the culmination of hours of work and flying time by a group of dedicated aviation pioneers, and it marked the beginning of flight testing as we know it. Who were these men? What were the aeronautical hurdles they cleared to usher in the space age and manned space flight? In the quest for Mach One, members of the Mach One team come together to chronicle the entire X-1 programme. They are Chuck Yeager, test pilot; Bob Cardenas, mother ship pilot; Bob Hoover, backup and chase pilot; and Jack Russell, Yeager's X-1 crew chief. Theirs is a saga of camaraderie, technical brilliance and heroism.

With all the you-are-there realism and straightforward approach to living of Yeager, Press On! is filled with exciting true stories from Yeager's extensive hiking, fishing, and hunting expeditions. Peppered throughout with Yeager's own philosophy and personal reminiscences.

#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 tactical fighter of the future must incorporate into one system the flexibility to accomplish the manifold tactical air tasks in the face of the rapidly increasing efficiency of enemy air defense systems. Relying on its low-level, supersonic dash, I believe that STOL could run the gauntlet of a sophisticated air defense and still deliver its weapon on target. Also, its short-field capability would give it a much greater selection of airfields for recovery and subsequent strikes . In my opinion, such a weapon system would be a most valuable adjunct to the ballistic missile in the event of a limited or general war."--Adapted from introduction.