Today’s selection is an autobiography published a little more then three decades ago.
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By General Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos
Flying. In combat. Testing new planes. Breaking the sound barrier.
This book is written in a matter-of-fact and easy to read style. General Yeager’s long career in airplanes began when he joined the Army-Air Corps in 1941. And the rest, as they say, is history.
WWII fighters. Then experimental jets. And he tells of more than the airplanes — his fellow test pilots, the support staff, their families, and the characters that live in the high desert testing grounds — all are given their due.
This modest American hero held my interest while filling in some of my knowledge gaps.
Check for this out-of-print volume at libraries and used book stores.
