Came here directly from chuck book. Amazing

@derekcoaker6579

8 ай бұрын

Same. I started with Bud Anderson's book a while back and thought he had some stories. Yeager's story is almost unbelievable. What amazing men.

@fleafrier1

3 ай бұрын

Same also. It was General Boyd’s description of the flight recording that made me have to search for it. That was one tough aircraft to have not broken up. Tough pilot too.

Great achievement for 1953! Looks really scary! Thank goodness (Gen) Chuck Yeager was at the controls and saved it.

I have been waiting to hear this recording for 30 years . wow .

Speaks to the integrity of the airframe not coming apart at that speed. High marks.

@sushimamba4281

6 ай бұрын

That plane was engineered to withstand 18G!

thanks for posting!! never saw this before, amazing!! beyond balls of steel here, incredible!! felt like i was right there.

@RetroSpaceHD

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@EricIrl

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroSpaceHD Great stuff - I'd seen much of the footage but never heard the audio, which is eye opening. I like it when he said that, if he'd had a seat (ejector seat) he'd have been out of that plane.

Epic! Remembering that in the X-1 there was no ejection seat. He wouldn't even have a chance to get out through the hatch.

@reinhardt2002

Жыл бұрын

@@karlwithak. In fact, he entered the X-1 through a side hatch. And the time he was in serious danger, Yeager tried to the end to control the plane and didn't even mention jumping, as he was at a very high rate of descent.

@reinhardt2002

Жыл бұрын

@@karlwithak. That's not what's in Yeager's bio. Sorry, but try to inform yourself instead of hammering things out of his head. Read this: Yeager an Autobiography by Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos .

@hanzo3188

6 ай бұрын

​@reinhardt2002 this is the x-1A model. It didn't have a side hatch like the first one. It had a modified bubble canopy for metter visibility and it opened upward like a conventional fighter.

@alan-sk7ky

13 күн бұрын

@@hanzo3188 And was bolted shut once the pilot had got in the the X1a after take off

What is interesting is that the Bell engineers said the plane would become unstable at Mach 2.3 and that’s exactly what happened.

@rawnukles

6 ай бұрын

Oh, those guys where so dam right. I wondered what they had said. I was thinking they maybe said "don't try and roll it at the top" and he tried to roll it ... found out. Lucky they built it tough .

Reading chucks book right now.

Was hoping to hear Jack say “he’s uncorked it!” Great video.

The amazing part is how he ever got airborne with those Titanium balls he hed.

@jessesimmons4503

2 жыл бұрын

Titanium is the best metal.

@neutraIdrop

Жыл бұрын

Titanium is extremely lightweight, idiots.

@n7346e

Жыл бұрын

Titanium very light.

Badass. Chuck is an American hero. But he was an ornery cuss personally. Still, an amazing pilot, he should have been an astronaut. WWII Ace, shot down behind enemy lines and made his way back. All his test pilot work. But the astronauts were only taking college grads, and Chuck was not that. But he turned out to be a great aerospace engineer in his nearly year-long run up to breaking the sound barrier--and beyond.

Never thought I would hear the legendary Yeager say something with fear in his voice!

@billofrightsamend4

Жыл бұрын

It was the G-Forces, it makes it difficult to talk. But, yeah sounds like he didn't want to fly it a 2nd time.

@derekcoaker6579

8 ай бұрын

​@@billofrightsamend4 Wasn't just G-Force, he really thought he bought it that day. If you enjoy books, his Autobiography is an amazing read.

That rudder would have guillotined him if he tried to bail. This recording was on a Smithsonian or Nasa, or some other site I had come across years ago. The most incredible recording of self preservation. Rest in Peace Chuck. Shook the mans hand at a hand carved model signing. I still have the hand carved Normandy P-51 with drops and stows. Chucks signature across the wing, with photo and letter of Authenticity. Amazingly and slightly ironic, he passed away on my birthdate, (December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day).

@rfletch62

Жыл бұрын

On the F104? The ejection seat fired downward, which made me wonder what the designers were drinking.

@alan-sk7ky

7 ай бұрын

x1a canopy was bolted down...

This tells the story so much better than the movie representation of the flight. Thanks for posting it.

@simonnomis5302

2 жыл бұрын

this is after the x1` flight ...its not depicted in the film

@chrisbrown7362

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonnomis5302 They took this incident and the NF-104 crash and put them together in "The Right Stuff" film.

@jamierife7789

Жыл бұрын

@@simonnomis5302 It's the X-2 flight in the film, where he cracked the canopy.

@SWalker71

Жыл бұрын

@@simonnomis5302 Yes it is.

Incredible footage.

Admiration for the “steady/Eddie” calmness of communications between Yeager and ground crew. Of course, that’s how they are trained. Wish that kind of keeping your head in crucial situations would overflow into society.

Awesome post 👍

I think I busted the canopy with my head, I don’t know... Pure badass

Gen. Yeager's story is nothing short of incredible, almost unbelievable.

I love John Wayne, but he was at the end of the day just an actor. Chuck is the most actual American badass that I can think of.

Man, CY sounded scared af!

@RetroSpaceHD

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. You can see from the footage that the situation is serious.

Man the sky sure is dark up that high!

October 14th 1947. RIP Mr Yeager.

Well, they won't need to do a structural integrity test on that plane.

This man lived to be almost 100 despite his dangerous life as a fighter ace and test pilot. The same for his friend Bud Anderson who lived to 102. Men just are not made like that any more.

Sounds harrowing. Yeager...balls of steel.

Lockheed always built a good aircraft. Kudos for bringing another Hero back home

Interesting that in 1953 the X-1A had straight wings instead of swept. 10 years later almost to the day Yeager does NF-104A altitude flight.

cool ready for Apollo 11 launch please.

Probably the only recording where Chuck Yeager sounds like he's scared stiff.

@RetroSpaceHD

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. After hearing this (and putting the footage together) I think it's incredible how he managed to recover from that situation!

@gafoot5368

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroSpaceHD Only he could have pulled that off; Scott Crossfield said so.

Step into prototypes, push them to the limit, try to control and solve any situation, keep calm while you break the G-meter. Balls of steel.

QEPD,CHUCK.

When Chuck says that he has 1800 lbs nitrogen source pressure, I assume he’s referring to his G-SUIT? Can anyone explain this?

@billofrightsamend4

Жыл бұрын

Maybe he's talking about the fuel for the jet, because it had to burn at high altitudes. The space rockets used nitrous oxide?? Maybe it had some sort of fuel injector??

@rfletch62

Жыл бұрын

Likely the reaction control thrusters. The air is too thin for wings to work up there. Thrusters for roll, pitch, yaw. As if the ship was in space.

@keithammleter3824

7 ай бұрын

The rocket motors were liquid fueled. To pump the fuel into the combustion chamber, high pressure nitrogen gas ran a turbine.

yeah

So surreal Seriously

Pro.....

Today I learned this wasn’t just made up for The Right Stuff movie

He would have made a great astronaut.

@tomt373

2 жыл бұрын

I think the USAF was afraid they might have lost their best test pilot to some NASA screw-up.

@VernCrisler

Жыл бұрын

Apparently, he didn't fit the profile. Bureaucracy for you.

@jimshoe402

Жыл бұрын

@@VernCrisler CORRECT no COLLEGE ..

@shawnmclean7932

Жыл бұрын

Spam in a can.

Extra structure was required to accommodate Yeager's iron balls.

@derekcoaker6579

8 ай бұрын

Fuckers were made of Unobtanium. 😂

They can't talk, they're bearing down to keep from passing out from hypoxia. The g forces pool the blood to your lower extremities. He sounds calm and cool to me, but he does express that he doesn't want to get back in that plane.

Edith Ione Yeager was her birth name

He is the cousin of my grandmother Edith Ione Posey

Imagine going 30 mph in your car and slamming in the breaks. It’s not fun. Now imagine going around 1400 mph and that happening , expect your being slammed in every direction over and over again. Scott cross field was an arrogant bastard and not to fond of Yeager, but when I read his book, even he said “we all listened to it to it on the squawk box and cheered the master on”

@ted3020

Жыл бұрын

Several years ago at Oshkosh, they were honoring Scott Crossfield. Someone asked Yeager if Scott was a good pilot and he said - no. Yeager always gave his opinion to every question..

@jimshoe402

Жыл бұрын

@@ted3020 TOOOO many Risks that's why he Died. Read up

Yeager almost destroying another program (like the NF104) by chasing another record and contributing nothing to research.....

@greebel1

3 ай бұрын

That's actually not true. It was not a personal grudge match. Yeager didn't just up and decide he needed to break Crossfields record, the govt program now knowing Mach 2 was possible, wanted to see how much faster they can keep going. And at every step of the way, once proven for the first time, other pilots and engineers can be taught from it. And then their job is push it more. What else is capable. The x1a was designed to go faster the Mach. 2. And one problem at those speeds is intetia coupling. Which killed another great Edward's AF pilot at the time, Mel Apt. It was a phenomenon at those speeds and there wasn't a solution to overcome it. Yeagers accident wound up proving it could be overcome. So new pilots and new planes could be built to try and test how best to overcome IC.

To hell with that annoying music!!!