'A perfect knock-out of high adventure... a classic of sky stories' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

General Chuck Yeager was the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. He was also the World War II fighting ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-5I Mustang... Chuck Yeager is THE RIGHT STUFF.

He first joined the Air Force at eighteen, fresh from school - and by twenty-two had risen through the ranks on the wings of his heroic exploits dogfighting over the flak-filled skies of Nazi Europe.

But it was in 1947 that Yeager captured world-wide recognition as the first test pilot to smash the sound barrier - flying the super-secret Bell X-1 despite cracked ribs from a riding accident.

This was truly the Golden Age of Aviation-the daredevil, death-defying days of the true winged heroes. And Chuck Yeager was there every step of the way - fighting and winning.

'The most colourful and coritroversial character ever to rise to the rank of one-star general, Chuck Yeager tells his life-story as he lived it-to the full'

'Anyone who loves aircraft arid flying must surely warm to Yeager'

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