Chuck Yeager Pushing The Limits (The Right Stuff)

[0oLoneWolfo0]

The part where they are all at that celebration

[0oLoneWolfo0]

What's the music in the background of this scene???????

[dustybackroads]

A little artistic license used as this event took place 7 months after Gordon Cooper's mercury flight and 6 years after Jack Ridley was killed but it really worked well. A fitting end to long but excellent tribute to those that advanced aviation above the high desert and other places...

[ffejbboc]

The airport in Charleston, WV is named after him.



[Darthbelal]

"Is that a man?" When speaking of Chuck Yeager, that's an awfully dumb question!

[boruff68]

The one he crashed was an NF -104.It had rocket assist for NASA testing.The crash was a gyroscopic effect from the engines spooling and spinning the plane.

From what the biography says,the tower tried to talking into ejecting sooner than what he actually did.He didnt want to loose an expensive aircraft !!!! He is on my "top ten" list of all time male bad asses of all time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[erebus38]

I think the F-104 was more of an interceptor than a fighter,but I also think the russian equivalent of the plane would've been something like a MIG31 Foxbat.It too was an interceptor that was well know for having really powerful high thrust engines that propelled it to high speeds,but I don't really know if it set any altitude records or not.Also,it had two engines and two seats,so there were definitely some differences in the planes.

[KronnangDunn]

@erebus38 Both the MiG-31 and MiG-25 are the highest flying and fastest fighter aircraft ever built...

[1IIIIIIIIII1]

ONLY THE AMERICA COULD A TOTAL SCREW UP RESULTING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF A PERFECTLY GOOD PLANE END UP BEING SHOWN AS A HERO EGO FEEDING SCENE IN A MOVIE....THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD SLICK GOODLIN FLY THE 104 AND THEN IT WOULDNT HAVE CRASHED.

[tika88ful]

hey! im telling the TRUTH! Chuck yeager is my grandmas 2nd cosin! dont tell me im lying cause it the truth!

[LegoMovieMan44]

Oh, so thats where all the pollution came from.

[LegoMovieMan44]

The engines sound like its from FSX

[soberek]

7:09 Yeager looks like he'd just performed atmospheric re-entry, but forgot to use a capsule. His face looks just like an extra crispy well-used heat shield. Ouch.

[mnpd007]

You don't want to spin in an F-104; the thing has no wing surface to begin with. Best I remember the wings were only 7-feet long. But, it was FAST. I still think the '104 will outrun anything made today. Was built as an interceptor in the cold war. NATO used the thing until not so many years ago.

[KronnangDunn]

@mnpd007 That plane was designed to go fast ALL THE TIME. This many pilots didn't understand... and paid the price with their lives...

[13098519]

@mnpd007 - Was it in the extras in this movie; Chuck Yeager said if he did a spin in the X-1 going that fast the plane would of ripped apart and been found all across the united states? lol

[bomberushkin]

The most famous test pilot of all time is Valery Chkalov. But Chuck Yeager is ok too.

[BeLikeWater1000]

@bomberushkin ok too? lol man ur not giving him enough credit, he was a real bad ass. :)

[fatkat357]

Awesome clip. I always loved the F-104. It was a beautiful airplane - too bad it didn't fly beautifully.

[DarwinsFriend]

Thank You Mr. Johnson for developing the most beautiful jet aircraft - ever.

[TheHoustonRocket]

You forget to mention in your description that Yeager flew F-86 sabres with the Pakistan Air Force.

[dylanbonnar]

just bought a second hand copy of the right stuff, looked inside, and it was autographed by-Chuck Yeager!!!

[naughtydog201]

@dylanbonnar yeah bulleshit

[dylanbonnar]

@naughtydog201 No it's true. You blow your father with that mouth? Btw there is no e in bullshit.

[vomit49894]

@dylanbonnar SWEET!

[CaptainHenroyMorgan]

@dylanbonnar Maaan im jealous. I'm a crew chief trying to become a pilot, and chuck yeager is my inspiration. good find!

[smartbomb33]

@dylanbonnar Winning?

[Constance2000]

Yeager - a true TOP GUN

[bullmeecham]

@Constance2000 he wasn't Navy.

[bondita]

@bullmeecham who cares ? After all HE IS AN AMERICAN ! UNITED WE STAND !

[bullmeecham]

@bullmeecham Yeah, no shit. Work on reading comprehension dumbass.

[niktemadur]

Although "The Right Stuff" as a whole is a fine film, the Chuck Yeager sequences stand out as some of the truly finer moments in USA cinema. Part of the brilliance of these scenes is that although they're action-packed and adrenaline-pumping, there is no antagonist or violence here, just man pushing himself to the limit with the aid of technology. Awesome and poetic stuff, indeed, reminds me of Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo".

[ReeseMac]

sometimes I wonder if this scene should've been edited seperately from the scenes of the astronauts at the convention.

[Millard234]

Thank You Chuck, I love You

[iceman34m]

my father was an airforce pilot who lost his best friend by the gray tunnel

[TheIluminati63]

Yeager..when men were men.

.Actually id say Neil Armstrong is the most famous test pilot..but Yeager steals the show due to Armstrong's subdued personality

[TheWheels777]

this scene is so badass

[Iwastherein1969]

"sir, over there, is that a man ?" ' Ya damn right it is..." pretty much says it all about the great men who pioneered flight both in our atmosphere and in outer space

[Nanostarification]

"what kind of a plane is that?"

me: "a jet for true pilots!!!"

[Thraikios]

What's the music played at 0:23 ?

[shades2]

@Thraikios I think it was score originally written for the film composed by Bill Conti:

Check here on youtube: /watch?v=NrjbofNb-7c

Received a 1983 Academy Award for The Right Stuff and also composed the music for North and South in 1985.

Some of the music was apparently sections of classical music "The Planets" by Gustav Holst. Someone mentioned Tchaikovsky also, not sure about that.

[Thraikios]

@shades2 Thanks, I know that. The thing is that this specific piece, the one played at 0:23, is not included in Conti's soundtrack and I haven't been able to find it.

Regarding Tchaikovsky, it is true. Part of the soundtrack was heavily influenced by his violin concerto...

[shades2]

@Thraikios Interesting. I've seen some movies where they use some score or song, but never credit it, but this is a fairly pronounced piece of score in the film. I'd be interested to know too. I'm guessing it is a fragment of music from The Planets - Gustav Holst by the style of music and was just not credited.

Gustav Holst - The Planets - Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

Check this out: /watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo

For example in this video: 7:05... check the other video at: 4:17

[gurlsingerfan]

@Thraikios Some have said that Conti used the musical references to Tchaikovsky (Russian) as a sort of a musical pun regarding the American's adversary in the space race and in the cold war, the Russians. I think the minor debate is essentially forgotten now, but at the time the movie came out there were those who actually felt it was a bit of a backhanded insult.

[doubledown1138]

@Thraikios That piece is on the most recent (2009) issue of the soundtrack, but is NOT on the soundtrack that is half The Right Stuff and half North and South. It's one of my favourite pieces from the film and I was thrilled to find it on the new CD. It was released by Varese Sarabande and is still available as far as I know.

[gjenkins1]

I don't disagree, my point was Yeager was a complete professional. He didn't hop into a plane, he prepared, planned, and followed a protocol. He is often portrayed as an impulsive "fly boy", which is not what he was. A test pilot is a detail person, and highly disciplined.

[gjenkins1]

I like this movie, but frankly this is a little insulting. Yeager didn't just hop into a plane and take off because of who he was. I guarantee this flight was done with planing, clearance, protocols, and telemetry. Yeager was a test pilot, not a cowboy.

[ariawar]

@gjenkins1 but he still was the mother of all pilots!

[fatkat357]

@gjenkins1 I don't think the movie showed him as a cowboy - which is an overused term anyway. Rather he's a determined and practically-minded pilot/engineer among others like him. They don't come off that way because they have a unique way of speaking and understanding. He didn't just jump in an airplane - he was already suited up and the NF-104 was behind him. It seems improv because test pilots train themselves for anything - everything's unexpected.

[ceterafan123]

"Stretch it! Stretch it!"

[TheBinary000]

"I think I see a plane over here with my name on it"

[cosmicdingo]

He basically flew a jet out of the atmosphere=ignition cut out, and NO RESTART.

[charlieladder]

The sequence is rendered meaningless without the Mercury 7 and Sally Rand's Clair de la Lune!

[bowtie092]

What happened to the plane? What are they trying to say??

[jarriano]

@bowtie092 Inertial coupling is the trouble.

[spacepatrolman]

@bowtie092 The molton metal from the ejecton seat caught his head on fire [jack palance bailed out of a plane in world war 2 with his head on fire ]

[BTeamHooligan]

Awesome scene. Yeager definitely had the right stuff. The F104 has always been one of my favorite aircraft. The missile with a man in it.