In The Cockpit With Chuck Yeager - Couverture souple

Freeze, Di

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0985810319 ISBN 13 : 9780985810313

Editeur : Freeze Time Media, 2013

Synopsis

In the Cockpit with Chuck Yeager is the first volume in a series of short biographies, Passion For Flight, regarding notable pilots who inspire young and old alike to take to the skies. Brig. Gen. Charles Elwood “Chuck” Yeager is best known for being 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. Gen. Yeager and his wife Victoria incorporated the General Chuck Yeager Foundation in 2002. The foundation supports programs that teach “honor, integrity, courage and excellence in our daily conduct, a strong sense of public service and duty to our country, and an intellectual curiosity.” 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 Young Eagles General Chuck Yeager Scholarship Endowment Program. After accomplishing his mission, Yeager turned over the reins to Harrison Ford, in 2004.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Author and editor Di Freeze interviewed many of the world's best known aviators during nearly a decade as editor-in-chief of a national aviation publication. Those biographies and others form “Passion for Flight,” a digital and print series of short biographies regarding notable pilots who inspire young and old alike to take to the skies. Follow the series as it unfolds at www.passionforflight.org. Through Freeze Time Media, Di co-wrote and published “From the Ground Up: From the Tractor to the Trailer,” the autobiography of Colorado aviation sales pioneer Talmage E. Miller. She has also edited self-help, fiction and children's books. She lives in Denver with her husband John and their rescued shih tzus. Through Freeze Time Media, she has also edited self-help, fiction and children's books. She lives in Denver with her husband John and their four adopted shih tzus, three half-sisters who spent their first years in a puppy mill, and a male owner release. They are the topic of Same Shih Tzu Different Day, a blog and future book about their journey.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Freeze Time Media
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0985810319
• ISBN 13: 9780985810313
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 156
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg