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In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager by Di Freeze is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager about?
In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager is the first volume in Passion for Flight, a series of short biographies (20,000 words or less) regarding notable pilots who inspire young and old alike to take to the skies. Brig. Gen. Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager was the first person to break the sound barrier, on Oct. 14, 1947. After being shot down during World War II and evading capture, he successfully fought a rule that banned shot-down pilots from re-entering combat and eventually became a double ace. In 65 years in military cockpits, he flew at least 340 different makes and models of military airplanes, including the Air Force's entire inventory during World War II, as well as aircraft from Germany, France, England, Japan, Sweden and Russia. In 1994, Yeager replaced actor Cliff Robertson as the chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program. Under his leadership, the organization accomplished the successful mission of getting one million youth to fly at the controls by Dec. 17, 2003, the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight. Yeager himself has personally flown more than 500 Young Eagles, and the foundation has given more than $50,000 for the Youn
Who reads In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Di Freeze
- Publisher
- Di Freeze
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781301817412
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Memoir, History, Biography
