Yeager: An Autobiography

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Yeager: An Autobiography is the memoir of legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager, chronicling his life from humble beginnings through breaking the sound barrier and becoming an icon of American aviation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiography
book
memoir
associatedAircraft Bell X-1
North American P-51 Mustang
surface form: P-51 Mustang
associatedOrganization United States Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
author Chuck Yeager
chronicles Chuck Yeager's World War II combat missions
Chuck Yeager's breaking of the sound barrier
Chuck Yeager's career as a test pilot
Chuck Yeager's early life in West Virginia
Chuck Yeager's later Air Force career
coAuthor Leo Janos
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
focusesOnEvent first supersonic flight in level flight
focusesOnPerson Chuck Yeager
genre autobiography
aviation literature
military memoir
hasFormat audiobook
hasSubject courage in combat
personal resilience
risk-taking in experimental flight
technological innovation in aviation
language English
mainSubject Chuck Yeager
United States Air Force
World War II aviation
aeronautics
breaking the sound barrier
test piloting
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor detailed account of breaking the sound barrier
firsthand description of early supersonic flight testing
portrayal of American aviation culture in the mid-20th century
publicationYear 1985
publisher Bantam Books
setting Edwards Air Force Base
Europe during World War II
Edwards Air Force Base
surface form: Muroc Army Air Field

United States of America
surface form: United States
subjectOccupation fighter pilot
military officer
test pilot
timePeriodCovered Chuck Yeager's life from childhood through post–test pilot career

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Chuck Yeager autobiography Yeager: An Autobiography
Leo Janos coAuthorOf Yeager: An Autobiography
Leo Janos notableWork Yeager: An Autobiography