My grandfather met Chuck when he was in the Air Force. My grandpa was stationed at Edwards AFB around the time in which Chuck Yeager was trying to break the sound barrier. He was a mechanic on the B-36 and B-29 bombers. In fact since he was a mechanic, he was in the bomber that dropped Chuck in his X-1 during the various amounts of test flights he conducted. It's pretty cool to hear my grandpa's Air Force stories, it's interesting to know how close my Grandpa was to history.
@MovieMad007 It was called the Bernoulli Effect or Principle and you have it backwards.Lift is generated by a combination of high-pressure under the surface and low-pressure generated by the curvature of the upper surface.Convergent/Divergent nozzles for steam turbines are designed with this pressure drop in mind.The rest is correct.I operate steam turbines for a power company so I used them as an example.
IF the U.S. had listened to and helped finance Dr Robert H Goddard back in the 20's and 30's, WE would have been in the contending for rocket works BEFORE the Germans. They followed on what Goddard had been working on and that is why they made V1 and V2 rockets.
@weebles1970 In the USA there was only one rocket scientist, in USSR there was 20 and in Germany there was 150. Most of the things used in A4 was made of what they had researched by their own. Even if what Goddard did was important it wasn't important for the work at the Peenemünde group. But it was Konstantin Tsiolkovky who hade made the most importnat work that lead all the other to their work. Oberth made the way clear for the German scientist in the field of rocket science.
I drug a bunch of friends to see this movie when it was released, and they all loved the flick. now, almost thirty years later, no one knows their names...
@Brianboro67 - See the wonderful documentary, DECODING NAZI SECRETS (2000), which I saw on American PBS Television. It featured an on camera interview with Thomas Flowers, as well as interviews with people who worked with Alan Turing at Bletchley Park. The story of breaking The Enigma Code literally took my breath away. You should be proud to be British! In spite of some unpleasantness during the American Revolution & The War of 1812, the U.S. & the U.K. really do have a special relationship!
@Brianboro67 oh and don't forget Flt Lt Andy Green RAF, who currently is the fastest man alive to have driven a car (if you can call it that ) when he broke the sound barrier piloting the British engineered and funded Thrust SSC car. Later this year - or perhaps next year we will be going to greater extremes with the Bloodhound at over 1000mph! On land! Well noted about Sir Alan Turing and Colossus!!
@Brianboro67 The UK did do great things - like this - we invented the Jet engine - without which the sound barrier would never have been broken. It was invented by a second world war fighter pilot officer called Sir Frank Whittle.
Britain invented the Harrier Jump jet, we invented the internet ( Tim Berners Lee). Ok the Americans knew about marketing and publicising things but the engineering nouse thats BRITAIN! So don't dennigrate Britain so fast!
@Brianboro67 The UK did do great things - like this - we invented the Jet engine - without which the sound barrier would never have been broken. It was invented by a second world war fighter pilot officer called Sir Frank Whittle.
Britain invented the Harrier Jump jet, we invented the internet ( Tim Berners Lee). Ok the Americans knew about marketing and publicising things but the engineering nouse thats BRITAIN! So don't dennigrate Britain so fast!
@Sepemini - yup I know that!! Thanks anyway!!Was just listing UK achievements - which included the jet engine. I think the rocket motors were invented by the German Luftwaffe - the V2-bomb which plagued the citizens of London in the 2nd world war. Then the German scientists captured or who surrendered to the Americans worked on the Space programme. And some went the other way to the Russian side.
@MovieMad007 Practically every technological achievement in human history has come from borrowing and building upon previous discoveries, research and development. I know that the U.S. used the captured German scientists at Peenemünde in their rocket and aerospace programs, and the world now benefits from that technology in the form of telecommunications satellites that cover the globe.
This is one of the first scenes I remember watching with my late father. He loved this film, and this part in particular. Alot of nostalgia. Thank you very much for the upload.
Two best southern accents goes to Historian Shelby Foote, and of course Levon Helm who narrates the beginning of The Right Stuff and plays Jack Ridley. He also sings "The Night they drove Old Dixie Down" with the Band. Great voice.
Yeah, that uh... acid trip... at the end of breaking the sound barrier in this movie.. I just watch that scene over and over on my copy. I can almost feel tears.
An awesome scene from an awesome movie! This sequence of Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier was absolutely awe-inspiring and breathtaking. The combination of the visuals with the fantastic music by Bill Conti (of 'Rocky' fame) made for an unforgettable film sequence. I need to get this soundtrack. Thanks for posting.
Maybe but it is very strange that they didn't choose to be astronaut, after all he was the first man who broke the sound barrier and was a war hero, aviation ace shot down five planes in one day, and yet all this is not enough for NASA
@PawelK198604 The reason was simple: He didn't have a college degree. NASA (a civillian organisation) wanted pilots who had a college degree, not necessarily those who were hot shot pilots. They chose Scott Carpenter, who had the least amount of test flying time of the astronauts, because he had the most scientific and engineering qualifications. Originally, NASA weren't even looking at pilots to be the first astronauts; it was President Eisenhower who insisted on them.
It is little wonder is always seemed to me that the pilot spacecraft, the experience is more important than college degree, of course an astronaut, of, should have a high IQ. The Russians chose candidates for pilot cosmonauts , taking into consideration the experience and IQ. Scientists can always train the astronauts,
Gagarin, for example, begun College when he was accepted for cosmonaut training
@PawelK198604 NASA felt that as people were being shot into space for the first time and that so much would be automated or controlled from the ground, that flying experience wasn't a priority. It was even more tightly controlled with the Russians: The controls to manually fly Vostok could only be accessed after entering a 4 digit code which the pilot didn't have access to unless mission control decided to tell them.
@PawelK198604 I am an American with a college degree in Chemistry. I make more money rebuilding houses than using my college degree. Most Americans put too much importance in college degrees.My father was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. He agrees with me. And I can tell you I have very much respect for the Russian cosmonauts. Gagarin is one of my heros. My father also is a fan of Yuri.
In my country it is believed that "without a good (higher) education you not become rich. In my country higher education is free. I have health problems so I decided to go to university. I studying library science, because I've always liked books as the "Vulcans" like to say "This was a logical course of action" :-)
I also believe that higher education is highly overrated, of course, it is good to have them but on the other hand, it winds up the rat race.
The highest price paid by children and teenagers, denying them the right to free play. I once picked up hand bag my 12 year old niece, was quite heavy there was a lot of textbooks, which are absolutely necessary, it's ridiculous, children should play outside and do not carry, this shit. The kids are losing the happiest period of life.
Children should be able to read and write, mathematics, education and other natural sciences is important. You wrote that you're a chemist by education and education is very important , but do not forget about other things, such as free time which, unfortunately, is increasingly limited by the school which forget that children need free time, time that could be spent on outdoor fun or with family
@PawelK198604 When I say "not the government", I am not criticizing the need for compulsory education. I am stating that the parents should take greater responsibility in their child's education rather than be passive in how the government implements it. I cannot disagree with anything you say. I just want to clarify what I meant.
Here, you're right. Parents have a right to influence in what country teaches their child. Besides, the curriculum should be so adjusted that a fully use the child potential, every man has a talent given by god, the art is that to properly use them. One more thing as said before learning should be fun not the rat race.
Since ancient times, philosophers have devoted itself to learning for the pleasure of learning, but unfortunately we lost it now, it's sad
@PawelK198604 Agreed. In America, when Russia sent up Sputnik, there was an urgency to make sure American curriculum upped their science and math in schools. That was really crazy. Just because some Washington beaurocrats were upset meant a revolution in American education. I know exactly your opinion in that we over-reacted. I am an older man with a 2-year old daughter. I am very careful with her. It is interesting communicating with you.
In my country (Poland) by the end of the 80s there was a socialist system. I was born in 1986 during the political transition. About communists may say many bad things but I care about the level of education, especially natural science. As a kid I dreamed to become a doctor,i know it's a bit strange dream for a child, but never been good at math but I had a talent for the humanities in particular to the historical sciences so i decided to study library science.
@PawelK198604 Well, I hope you become a librarian in Poland, and that some day you can come visit the Library of Congress in the U.S.A. I went there one time. It is so unbelievable. I would also love to take my wife and child some day to Eastern Europe and Poland. I lived in Germany for some time and Austria, but have a dream to see Eastern Europe.
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This film is about 30 percent fact and the rest fiction. It's biased, inaccurate and doesn't even come close to defining the true personalities of the men protrayed. A real POS , factually speaking, but entertaining...........for adolescents.
@rrhynes chuck yeager's protrayal was fairly accurate. according to yeager. but I can see what you mean by the inaccuracy. But I wouldn't call it a POS, because it inspired me to want to become a pilot. it's the reason why I joined the air force. and It's so very hard to get there, im just a crew chief, but chuck yeager started out as a crew chief too. ill never stop trying.
Sorry guys, it's not the machine (or where it came from) that was important, but the people who risked their lives flying them who I really care about. That's the point of this movie.
Not what really happened but ok. His Mach indicator was stuck at .96 and then jumped pass 1.0 so he didn't see Mach 1 coming. Also theres not that many clouds at 40000 ft msl. And the sonic boom was only heard in one town. Britain can suck it and brush their teeth
@airbus91 yes of course that'll teach those Brittish to have be rebuilding their economy for years after most of their industrial centre's were bombed to smithereens in WW2 and not to mention the aid they supplied to Europe to rebuild... America achieved some great things but that kind of attitude is childish and moronic.
@airbus91 also for the record who invented the Jet engine in the first place, oh hi there Frank Whittle, where are you from? Oh you're from England are you? I thought the US were the ones to credit for all developments in aviation ever? Oh you mean they're not? They just like to take all the credit for everything they helped with? We'll that IS a surprise.... What's that? They didn't single handedly defeat the Nazi's either? Surely not!
The X1 only "won out" because the british government decided that post war spending on their development was wastefull and duely handed over designs and information, the X1 design is actually based on the british design ...thanks america
British invention. Us British invented pretty much very thing but guess what the Americans then use that idea and take credit for it. Look back in history and very thing stems from the British.
@sulacomarine Yeah that was a true story. He broke his ribs doing something and didn't want to be grounded so his mtc guy came up with the idea of cutting down a broom handle so he could reach the door mechanism.
"Put The Spurs To Her, Chuck!"...I rate this higher than the moon landing and it was portrayed beautifully in this movie. The soundtrack is magnificent.
@jbryant13 The original B&W archival film shows Yeager doing a barrel victory roll. In The Right Stuff, it is shown as an aerilon roll. It may have been to difficult to simulate a barrel roll with the model X-1.
@mosihasteen Arabs/Islamic scholars came up with numerical systems & mathematics. This made things like flight possible! Think it through! Lets look at Bernoulli Theorem of flight....low pressure under the wing causes lift whilst air travelling over the wing is faster all this attracts a phenomena known as "lift". The equation which sets out the laws of drag, lift, thrust are all governed by something called Al-gebra...(Arabic). Anyone who knows anything about flight and mathematics knows this!
6:50... As Tom Wolfe alluded to in the book, the sound of the first sonic boom in history was as provocative as the first notes to Beethoven's "Eroica".
@Reclaimer77 Hi to everybody. The X-1 was lited by the B-29 mothership to an altitude of about 26,000 feet. Then the B-29 would initiate a smooth dive and drop the X-1. Once free of the mothership, Yeager would activate the 4 combustion chambers of his rocket engine and start the test flight itself. I was planned to climb in a 45º pitch angle, and fly a parabolic path for the sonic attempt. Keep in mind that the X-1 was a rocket acft, not a jet plane, and it had fuel for two minutes of ignition
@Reclaimer77 Part 2. So following the rocket ignition it had to climb to look for speed control and better conditions to break the "sound barrier". It reached mach 1.05, and its wings were straight wings, not the swept wings latter developed for supersonic speeds. The straight wings are limited for speed efficiency, and if you fly leveled you can overrun their capacities. So not having control on the throttle (remember it is a rocket "all or nothing") the only way to control speed is pitching up
@llauiset1980 The straight wing design is also one of the reasons for the bumpy ride he had as he approached mach 1. Swept wing designs help push the high pressure shockwave of the wing aft which reduces drag and turbulence.
@Reclaimer77 Part 3: This way you pitch up and keep the speed controlled while flying a climbing arc. He broke the barrier and run out of fuel as expected on the top of the arc, and flew down in a 7 minutes glide. I have tried to be as much accurate I can with this!!! Excuse me guys for the brick I wrote! Great book and great movie, but even greater pilots.
@CaptAviator Actually the speed of sound varies quite a bit with density, temperature and pressure. It's 757mph at sea level. The interesting thing is that pitot tubes early avionics equipment used to measure speed did not compensate for the altitude variance which led to the speedometer reading far lower than the ground speed.
@Reclaimer77 One of the hardest things to overcome at those speeds is drag. As the wing approaches the speed of sound a shockwave forms at it's leading edge which disturbs the travel of air over the wing, increasing drag. You can have all the power you want but if your coefficient of drag isn't low enough you won't go the speed of sound. The X1 had a straight wing profile which was not ideal for hypersonic flight. One way to get around it is to climb so the air is thinner allowing higher speeds
@kodack10 By way of example, you could fly a schoolbus at mach 2 in the vacume of space, but try it in atmosphere and it will fall to pieces. Even the space shuttle can't throttle up until it's got a lot of altitude due to atmospheric drag.
This what we all dream when we were young, best football player, fastest runner, greatest pilot. That is what has made USA the greatest, I served this country for 24 years in the Army. I'm no hero just a soldier doing his duty for his country. GOD BLESS THE USA
@TheGuilherme1999 i believe you dont understand nothing i never critic this video, do you read? you can read.. in english?por que eu no falo ninguei portuges cual sera el video de texfilms???? si quieres te contesto en castellano. entodo caso si yo tengo a bien criticar .. a ti que te importa?
A great movie about great people doing great things. Sadly, not many people with this degree of fortitude today. Thank you, General Yeager, for opening the door to tomorrow and giving flight to our wildest dreams.
@iamdoctorious There are plenty of budding General Yeagers, and they'll be plenty of need for their like or even greater in the millenia of space journeys that lay ahead. We ain't seen nothin' yet!! Ad Astra!!
Fuck... Do you know what it would take to be a test pilot now a days?? I wish I could go back in time.... This movie incredible... by far my favorite of anything!
How can you even compare REAL LIFE HEROES to Star Wars? Sure Star Wars and other fantasy films are great and njoyable but this happened, this is history!!
Love this movie! My grandfather's cousin was the lead engineer who designed the X-1. He was also the head of the Goddard Space Center during the Mercury years.
In reality Chuck flew the X-1 8 times before breaking the sound barrier. It eventually got over 900 mph before being retired. Slick Goodlin asked for $150K to fly it & was replaced by Yeager who wasn't so greedy. For the movie they used smoke to simulate clouds so they could create the speed illusion. He really flew in clear skies.
@noonedude101 That's true. It was a clear day that day but the filmmakers put the clouds in the scene for a good reason. They wanted to make it easier for the audience to see how fast the X-1 was going during the exterior shots.
Codi, as we discussed before - you are like Chuck Yeager...!!! BAR exam. fly it like an X-1... You will break the sound barrier... And if you don't, God help them next time..
This is one of the greatest movies ever made. No hyperbole there.
I wish it had been a box office success. Perhaps Phillip Kaufman's reputation would have soared, allowing to make more masterpieces with greater ease.
now the only barrier the yanks try to break is the "tent city homeless shelter" barrier HAHA. u sold out, sold all your power to the chinks, now it's come back to haunt you....
Did you notice that when the camera is up close to the jet there are clouds but when they look at the jet from below there are no clouds.....Interesting film effects!
This is not about great Americans. This is about great people. You have a lot of them because you have a lot of people. But there are a lot of great people all over this plant. We have to stop classifing ourselves as anything but residents of this planet. Otherwise were done. Don't get me wrong, I believe we are right. But we have to be smart. We are what we are. We control our destiny and the generations that follow. Lets be smart.
@thisismyidgdi wrong sir, it is about great americans. who were the decisive factor against nazi germany and imperial japan. and then took up the challange of stalins soviet russia. best wishes.
@mizzoulibertarian Your response is why the term "arrogant American" exists. My comments were directed at great people, including Americans, and you want it to be only Americans. And as long as you mentioned WWII, lets talk about who stepped in when. UK, France, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and many others stepped up in September 1939. The US did not enter until attacked at the end of 1941. This is often lost in US revisionist history. This is not my opinion, it is recorded history.
@thisismyidgdi No its not lost that we were the last country to enter ww2(the greatest bloodshed in history) we were last to enter ww1. I'm proud of that. If I recall correctly ( I may not) you were saying that all of these countries and peoples were behind the US space program. not true. actually the Europeans who were involved were german scientist that worked for hitler. the US and soviets grabbed them for rocket science. Enjoy the rest of your day. :)
@mizzoulibertarian I never said you were last, I just said you were late. No disrespect intended. We are your best ally, but sometimes you don't realize that. And given your response, I apologize for a few sentences. We get lost sometimes in trying to be heard and then apologize to those that don't hear us and may miss those that really do. That may be the Canadian in me. Thanks. Holiday weekend for both of us. Have a great one. We should all be proud.
@thisismyidgdi Best wishes to you and the people of Canada. Its looking like this might be your countries time. The American moment is over. God Bless.
If you have never seen this movie, and at the point of 7:13 of this post you heart doesn't jump and you get really excited for for what is to come, turn it off. You won't care. This is the moment I knew this is going to be great.
This movie so great and then you throw in Levon Helm as the narrator and Ridley.. Wow!! Who ever thought of that was a genius. "Yea, I think I got a stick" "Put the spurs to her son" "You go ahead and bust it. We'll fix it, Personally, I think your seein' things."
Even with broken ribs Yeager could wring out that beast. shame the modern test pilots don't have the same talent. it is a crime that a modern flight test program even with computational models, Detailed simulation, etc. it takes between 5-8 years for a fighter or bomber to finish flight test. makes aircraft so much more expensive.
This is such a great movie!!! i haven't seen it in a few years, I got the chills when Mach 1 was hit. When it came to guts, Yeager is right up there with the best of them!
R55, perhaps you should read history books and learn a litle respect. WWII started in Sep 1939. Germany invaded Poland. Great Britan, France, Australia, New Zealand and Canada declared war on Germany in Sep 1939. The U.S declared neutrality. The U,S. entered the war 3 years later. I am not dimishing what they did, I am just making sure that the rest are not forgotten. Especially the fact that only 1 beach was taken on D-Day, Juno, and it was taken by Canadians. Hollywood keeps forgetting.
Makes me proud to be American. These guys were such heroes! These were some great times in U.S. history....the U.S. kicked the crap out of the Germans. This was the greatest generation of people the U.S has ever known. I hope we can learn from them.
Sir, I am a German and have ever been thrilled by flying so that eventually, I becme a pilot. And I have to admit that it is the best film on aviation and the space race I have ever seen. What an inspiring period that has been for the US and the rest of the world! All my due respect to pilots like Yeager and the like.
@dfolt Sir, your English is outstanding! It's really great! Also, isn't Yeager this German name? For, if memory serves me right, Yeager claims his father was of Dutch/German descent! Should make you very proud! Also, both Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin were of German descent on their respective mothers' sides (while being Scottish on their respective fathers' sides!). Should make you very proud indeed!!!
My grandfather met Chuck when he was in the Air Force. My grandpa was stationed at Edwards AFB around the time in which Chuck Yeager was trying to break the sound barrier. He was a mechanic on the B-36 and B-29 bombers. In fact since he was a mechanic, he was in the bomber that dropped Chuck in his X-1 during the various amounts of test flights he conducted. It's pretty cool to hear my grandpa's Air Force stories, it's interesting to know how close my Grandpa was to history.
Rickrolled8024 2 weeks ago
So proud my uncle produced this great movie
blackpearl999999 1 month ago
Love this film, probably watch it 4 times a year!
MrSkippyTBK 1 month ago
The opening title score is pure in your face adrenaline charge.
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4:21 they definately stole the beginning of Holst's "Jupiter". It is too similar. Look up The Planets: Jupiter under Holst on utube
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@MovieMad007 It was called the Bernoulli Effect or Principle and you have it backwards.Lift is generated by a combination of high-pressure under the surface and low-pressure generated by the curvature of the upper surface.Convergent/Divergent nozzles for steam turbines are designed with this pressure drop in mind.The rest is correct.I operate steam turbines for a power company so I used them as an example.
Fennec2828 3 months ago
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I know this movie by hart!
bepin 3 months ago
IF the U.S. had listened to and helped finance Dr Robert H Goddard back in the 20's and 30's, WE would have been in the contending for rocket works BEFORE the Germans. They followed on what Goddard had been working on and that is why they made V1 and V2 rockets.
weebles1970 3 months ago 6
@weebles1970 In the USA there was only one rocket scientist, in USSR there was 20 and in Germany there was 150. Most of the things used in A4 was made of what they had researched by their own. Even if what Goddard did was important it wasn't important for the work at the Peenemünde group. But it was Konstantin Tsiolkovky who hade made the most importnat work that lead all the other to their work. Oberth made the way clear for the German scientist in the field of rocket science.
SingleStar1 3 months ago
@weebles1970 That's right. We fell behind in rocketry, and it did not have to be that way.
DougDreamCatcher 2 weeks ago
Love the last piece of music in this clip. Great movie over all, but the music I just mentioned is so uplifting.
DavidChipman 4 months ago
I drug a bunch of friends to see this movie when it was released, and they all loved the flick. now, almost thirty years later, no one knows their names...
panzerrat 5 months ago
@panzerrat I know how you feel. It's sad that names and dates can be forgotton so easily.
fnlrun 4 months ago
THanks for posting the WHOLE scene; very much appreciated!
Glodean6360 5 months ago
@Brianboro67 - See the wonderful documentary, DECODING NAZI SECRETS (2000), which I saw on American PBS Television. It featured an on camera interview with Thomas Flowers, as well as interviews with people who worked with Alan Turing at Bletchley Park. The story of breaking The Enigma Code literally took my breath away. You should be proud to be British! In spite of some unpleasantness during the American Revolution & The War of 1812, the U.S. & the U.K. really do have a special relationship!
legatofancier 5 months ago
@Brianboro67 oh and don't forget Flt Lt Andy Green RAF, who currently is the fastest man alive to have driven a car (if you can call it that ) when he broke the sound barrier piloting the British engineered and funded Thrust SSC car. Later this year - or perhaps next year we will be going to greater extremes with the Bloodhound at over 1000mph! On land! Well noted about Sir Alan Turing and Colossus!!
MovieMad007 5 months ago
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@Brianboro67 The UK did do great things - like this - we invented the Jet engine - without which the sound barrier would never have been broken. It was invented by a second world war fighter pilot officer called Sir Frank Whittle.
Britain invented the Harrier Jump jet, we invented the internet ( Tim Berners Lee). Ok the Americans knew about marketing and publicising things but the engineering nouse thats BRITAIN! So don't dennigrate Britain so fast!
MovieMad007 5 months ago
@Brianboro67 The UK did do great things - like this - we invented the Jet engine - without which the sound barrier would never have been broken. It was invented by a second world war fighter pilot officer called Sir Frank Whittle.
Britain invented the Harrier Jump jet, we invented the internet ( Tim Berners Lee). Ok the Americans knew about marketing and publicising things but the engineering nouse thats BRITAIN! So don't dennigrate Britain so fast!
MovieMad007 5 months ago
@MovieMad007 The Bell X-1 that Yeager flew used a rocket engine, not a jet engine.
Sepemini 4 months ago 5
@Sepemini - yup I know that!! Thanks anyway!!Was just listing UK achievements - which included the jet engine. I think the rocket motors were invented by the German Luftwaffe - the V2-bomb which plagued the citizens of London in the 2nd world war. Then the German scientists captured or who surrendered to the Americans worked on the Space programme. And some went the other way to the Russian side.
MovieMad007 4 months ago
@MovieMad007 Practically every technological achievement in human history has come from borrowing and building upon previous discoveries, research and development. I know that the U.S. used the captured German scientists at Peenemünde in their rocket and aerospace programs, and the world now benefits from that technology in the form of telecommunications satellites that cover the globe.
Sepemini 4 months ago
@Sepemini Yep! it was a rocket plane, not a jet plane.
DougDreamCatcher 2 weeks ago
@DougDreamCatcher It was basically the same design as the German V-2 rocket.. It was called the Redstone..
roo7227 2 weeks ago
I've always likes the visual effects in this movie depicting extremely high or rapidly moving atmosphere. So ethereal.
darrenholcomb42 5 months ago
only one word can describe this movie......GLORIOUS!
darrenholcomb42 5 months ago
Is this even possible that after 20 years I still cry every fucking time?
ElephantRage 6 months ago
@mtosbornify Fuckin' "A" Bubba!
panzerrat 6 months ago
Top five of my favorite movies of all time. I saw this in theaters with friends back in 1983, and I've never forgotten this film.
panzerrat 6 months ago
3 people dont have the guts to ask ridley for beemans
naughtydog201 6 months ago
This movie made me want to fly.
englanddg 6 months ago
Levon Helm makes me want to be a narrator; I could listen to Levon Helm narrate a Cadillac manual...Morgan Freeman's got nothin' on Levon.
JobberBud 7 months ago
The soundtrack always puts a tear in my eye. It makes me dream of what's possible.
creamfinger 7 months ago
Better if it had been a documentary.
lg123xyz 8 months ago
One of the most exhilirating moments in movie history.
jhm1365 8 months ago
Give her the spurs Chuck!!
WALTERBROADDUS 8 months ago
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Put the spurs to her Chuck...
TWR2003 8 months ago
@TWR2003 Hmmmmmm, your right.
WALTERBROADDUS 8 months ago
And to think they did this for USAF pay....
WALTERBROADDUS 8 months ago
This is one of the first scenes I remember watching with my late father. He loved this film, and this part in particular. Alot of nostalgia. Thank you very much for the upload.
MichaelCasanovaMusic 9 months ago
Two best southern accents goes to Historian Shelby Foote, and of course Levon Helm who narrates the beginning of The Right Stuff and plays Jack Ridley. He also sings "The Night they drove Old Dixie Down" with the Band. Great voice.
ronwandell 9 months ago
this movie is the shit
voseAKUMA 9 months ago
Yeah, that uh... acid trip... at the end of breaking the sound barrier in this movie.. I just watch that scene over and over on my copy. I can almost feel tears.
EverythingInane 9 months ago
An awesome scene from an awesome movie! This sequence of Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier was absolutely awe-inspiring and breathtaking. The combination of the visuals with the fantastic music by Bill Conti (of 'Rocky' fame) made for an unforgettable film sequence. I need to get this soundtrack. Thanks for posting.
ProgsterJohn 10 months ago
great .."whats that sound" is a little cheesy..like we didnt know what a sonic boom was since the bullwhip
TheIluminati63 10 months ago
still goin' upstairs like a bat outta hell....YEA
macpilot757 10 months ago
I am betting Chuck had iron balls and the cock the size of a whale to be able to do that. A man history will never forget no matter what.
kelly64d 10 months ago
the X-1 was made by Bell Aircraft, which was an American aircraft company. so yeah. American
syn500 11 months ago
It still hurts to think that this movie lost out to Terms Of Endearment at the Oscars.
Rhubba 11 months ago
@Rhubba
Is hurts that such excellent pilot as Yeager is not selected to be an astronaut
PawelK198604 10 months ago
@PawelK198604 He would have hated the Mercury Programme anyway: There wasn't much in the way of flying.
Rhubba 10 months ago
@Rhubba
Maybe but it is very strange that they didn't choose to be astronaut, after all he was the first man who broke the sound barrier and was a war hero, aviation ace shot down five planes in one day, and yet all this is not enough for NASA
PawelK198604 10 months ago
@PawelK198604 The reason was simple: He didn't have a college degree. NASA (a civillian organisation) wanted pilots who had a college degree, not necessarily those who were hot shot pilots. They chose Scott Carpenter, who had the least amount of test flying time of the astronauts, because he had the most scientific and engineering qualifications. Originally, NASA weren't even looking at pilots to be the first astronauts; it was President Eisenhower who insisted on them.
Rhubba 10 months ago
@Rhubba
It is little wonder is always seemed to me that the pilot spacecraft, the experience is more important than college degree, of course an astronaut, of, should have a high IQ. The Russians chose candidates for pilot cosmonauts , taking into consideration the experience and IQ. Scientists can always train the astronauts,
Gagarin, for example, begun College when he was accepted for cosmonaut training
PawelK198604 10 months ago
@PawelK198604 NASA felt that as people were being shot into space for the first time and that so much would be automated or controlled from the ground, that flying experience wasn't a priority. It was even more tightly controlled with the Russians: The controls to manually fly Vostok could only be accessed after entering a 4 digit code which the pilot didn't have access to unless mission control decided to tell them.
Rhubba 10 months ago
@PawelK198604 I am an American with a college degree in Chemistry. I make more money rebuilding houses than using my college degree. Most Americans put too much importance in college degrees.My father was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. He agrees with me. And I can tell you I have very much respect for the Russian cosmonauts. Gagarin is one of my heros. My father also is a fan of Yuri.
cesar1963able 10 months ago
@cesar1963able
In my country it is believed that "without a good (higher) education you not become rich. In my country higher education is free. I have health problems so I decided to go to university. I studying library science, because I've always liked books as the "Vulcans" like to say "This was a logical course of action" :-)
PawelK198604 10 months ago
@cesar1963able
I also believe that higher education is highly overrated, of course, it is good to have them but on the other hand, it winds up the rat race.
The highest price paid by children and teenagers, denying them the right to free play. I once picked up hand bag my 12 year old niece, was quite heavy there was a lot of textbooks, which are absolutely necessary, it's ridiculous, children should play outside and do not carry, this shit. The kids are losing the happiest period of life.
PawelK198604 10 months ago
@cesar1963able
Now, the school became a prelude to the rat race.
Learning should be happy in the meantime the kids are forced into it.
As I said children should enjoy their childhood, of course, do not forget about school and duties but all within reasonable limits
PawelK198604 10 months ago
@PawelK198604 Agreed. Parent responsibility. NOT the government.
cesar1963able 10 months ago
@cesar1963able
Yes and no.
Compulsory education is not a bad invention.
Children should be able to read and write, mathematics, education and other natural sciences is important. You wrote that you're a chemist by education and education is very important , but do not forget about other things, such as free time which, unfortunately, is increasingly limited by the school which forget that children need free time, time that could be spent on outdoor fun or with family
PawelK198604 10 months ago
@PawelK198604 When I say "not the government", I am not criticizing the need for compulsory education. I am stating that the parents should take greater responsibility in their child's education rather than be passive in how the government implements it. I cannot disagree with anything you say. I just want to clarify what I meant.
cesar1963able 10 months ago
@cesar1963able
Here, you're right. Parents have a right to influence in what country teaches their child. Besides, the curriculum should be so adjusted that a fully use the child potential, every man has a talent given by god, the art is that to properly use them. One more thing as said before learning should be fun not the rat race.
Since ancient times, philosophers have devoted itself to learning for the pleasure of learning, but unfortunately we lost it now, it's sad
PawelK198604 10 months ago
@PawelK198604 Agreed. In America, when Russia sent up Sputnik, there was an urgency to make sure American curriculum upped their science and math in schools. That was really crazy. Just because some Washington beaurocrats were upset meant a revolution in American education. I know exactly your opinion in that we over-reacted. I am an older man with a 2-year old daughter. I am very careful with her. It is interesting communicating with you.
cesar1963able 10 months ago
@cesar1963able
In my country (Poland) by the end of the 80s there was a socialist system. I was born in 1986 during the political transition. About communists may say many bad things but I care about the level of education, especially natural science. As a kid I dreamed to become a doctor,i know it's a bit strange dream for a child, but never been good at math but I had a talent for the humanities in particular to the historical sciences so i decided to study library science.
PawelK198604 10 months ago
@PawelK198604 Well, I hope you become a librarian in Poland, and that some day you can come visit the Library of Congress in the U.S.A. I went there one time. It is so unbelievable. I would also love to take my wife and child some day to Eastern Europe and Poland. I lived in Germany for some time and Austria, but have a dream to see Eastern Europe.
cesar1963able 10 months ago
@Rhubba
I agree, even though Ikes policy didnt include men like Yeager, they still got some fine pilots.
kelly64d 10 months ago
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This film is about 30 percent fact and the rest fiction. It's biased, inaccurate and doesn't even come close to defining the true personalities of the men protrayed. A real POS , factually speaking, but entertaining...........for adolescents.
rrhynes 11 months ago
@rrhynes chuck yeager's protrayal was fairly accurate. according to yeager. but I can see what you mean by the inaccuracy. But I wouldn't call it a POS, because it inspired me to want to become a pilot. it's the reason why I joined the air force. and It's so very hard to get there, im just a crew chief, but chuck yeager started out as a crew chief too. ill never stop trying.
CaptainHenroyMorgan 11 months ago 2
@CaptainHenroyMorgan Yeager is big on Yeager. Humility isn'tone of his strongpoints. Aspire to fly, but do so with the humility it demands.
rrhynes 10 months ago
My favorite film of the last 30 years.
Silverwire100 11 months ago
You Brit whiners sound like the Winkelvoss twins.
Spartan9299 11 months ago
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StarHedgehog7 11 months ago
Sorry guys, it's not the machine (or where it came from) that was important, but the people who risked their lives flying them who I really care about. That's the point of this movie.
arscon 11 months ago 2
Not what really happened but ok. His Mach indicator was stuck at .96 and then jumped pass 1.0 so he didn't see Mach 1 coming. Also theres not that many clouds at 40000 ft msl. And the sonic boom was only heard in one town. Britain can suck it and brush their teeth
airbus91 1 year ago 2
@airbus91 yes of course that'll teach those Brittish to have be rebuilding their economy for years after most of their industrial centre's were bombed to smithereens in WW2 and not to mention the aid they supplied to Europe to rebuild... America achieved some great things but that kind of attitude is childish and moronic.
locutus9956 11 months ago
@airbus91 also for the record who invented the Jet engine in the first place, oh hi there Frank Whittle, where are you from? Oh you're from England are you? I thought the US were the ones to credit for all developments in aviation ever? Oh you mean they're not? They just like to take all the credit for everything they helped with? We'll that IS a surprise.... What's that? They didn't single handedly defeat the Nazi's either? Surely not!
locutus9956 11 months ago
@airbus91 That's sarcasm by the way, I know you chaps have trouble with the concept sometimes ;)
locutus9956 11 months ago
The X1 only "won out" because the british government decided that post war spending on their development was wastefull and duely handed over designs and information, the X1 design is actually based on the british design ...thanks america
eldictator1 1 year ago
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the x-1 was british but the greedy americans took all the credit by putting one of theirs at the controls....just typical.
Jimbob8971 1 year ago
British invention. Us British invented pretty much very thing but guess what the Americans then use that idea and take credit for it. Look back in history and very thing stems from the British.
iLLUSiiONS111 1 year ago
The x-1 was british!
TheFlyingPineapple 1 year ago
man i dont know why but i just started crying when he broke the sound barrier!!
i guess its because this movie is so cool!!!
Nanostarification 1 year ago
Truly epic movie, awesome ensemble cast. They don't make 'em like they used to.
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tenikanilmini 1 year ago
The three assholes who voted thumbs down are all dyed-in-the-wool, incorrigible commies!
sxlfkta 1 year ago
Some people design missiles, some people fire them, but it takes a very rare breed to want to ride on one.
kodack10 1 year ago
"Hey look: Stick 'is in the handle. Give it your good arm and just wang it down!" One of my favorite lines in this entire movie :)
sulacomarine 1 year ago
@sulacomarine Yeah that was a true story. He broke his ribs doing something and didn't want to be grounded so his mtc guy came up with the idea of cutting down a broom handle so he could reach the door mechanism.
kodack10 1 year ago
3 people don't have the right stuff...
tribeisone 1 year ago
Guys like that make the modern world possible.For what that's worth.
cosmicdingo 1 year ago
True American Hero. God Bless him for his courage and determination.
greg19670 1 year ago
"Put The Spurs To Her, Chuck!"...I rate this higher than the moon landing and it was portrayed beautifully in this movie. The soundtrack is magnificent.
meanmon 1 year ago
Slick looks like he's missing his $50K
PigeonPair 1 year ago
This movie is amazing. I watched it many years ago. I live in Brazil.
daltonagre 1 year ago
That victory roll at the end gives me chills
jbryant13 1 year ago 16
@jbryant13 have watched it 7 times in last 2 weeks. its on pbs here
yamahonkawazuki 1 year ago
@jbryant13 The original B&W archival film shows Yeager doing a barrel victory roll. In The Right Stuff, it is shown as an aerilon roll. It may have been to difficult to simulate a barrel roll with the model X-1.
tmenator 11 months ago
@jbryant13 That's Yeager's signature move...
dkseaverns1 8 months ago
Looks like 2 people didn't get any beemans
skatepunkzero 1 year ago 22
@skatepunkzero They're probably a couple of no-dick Muslims
mosihasteen 5 months ago
@mosihasteen Arabs/Islamic scholars came up with numerical systems & mathematics. This made things like flight possible! Think it through! Lets look at Bernoulli Theorem of flight....low pressure under the wing causes lift whilst air travelling over the wing is faster all this attracts a phenomena known as "lift". The equation which sets out the laws of drag, lift, thrust are all governed by something called Al-gebra...(Arabic). Anyone who knows anything about flight and mathematics knows this!
MovieMad007 5 months ago
Yeager is the first conqueror of the sound barrier.
XF108FINALE 1 year ago
Only possible after stealing the British wing design.
Still, fair play. Massive balls.
OneBigRetard 1 year ago
@OneBigRetard Stealing? We were allies! We're still allies.
gab21113 1 year ago
@gab21113
You can steal from family.
Theft is taking without credit. They never acknowledged it.
I am however glad to be allies and salute the genius of these guys. Just credit where its due is all.
OneBigRetard 1 year ago
6:50... As Tom Wolfe alluded to in the book, the sound of the first sonic boom in history was as provocative as the first notes to Beethoven's "Eroica".
What a scene, from a classic film.
cleekmaker00 1 year ago
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tommy30ns 1 year ago
Why does he go into a radical climb to break the sound barrier? Wouldn't level flight be easier, or was it just Hollywood dramatical BS?
Reclaimer77 1 year ago
@Reclaimer77 Hi to everybody. The X-1 was lited by the B-29 mothership to an altitude of about 26,000 feet. Then the B-29 would initiate a smooth dive and drop the X-1. Once free of the mothership, Yeager would activate the 4 combustion chambers of his rocket engine and start the test flight itself. I was planned to climb in a 45º pitch angle, and fly a parabolic path for the sonic attempt. Keep in mind that the X-1 was a rocket acft, not a jet plane, and it had fuel for two minutes of ignition
llauiset1980 1 year ago
@Reclaimer77 Part 2. So following the rocket ignition it had to climb to look for speed control and better conditions to break the "sound barrier". It reached mach 1.05, and its wings were straight wings, not the swept wings latter developed for supersonic speeds. The straight wings are limited for speed efficiency, and if you fly leveled you can overrun their capacities. So not having control on the throttle (remember it is a rocket "all or nothing") the only way to control speed is pitching up
llauiset1980 1 year ago
@llauiset1980 The straight wing design is also one of the reasons for the bumpy ride he had as he approached mach 1. Swept wing designs help push the high pressure shockwave of the wing aft which reduces drag and turbulence.
kodack10 1 year ago
@kodack10 Absolutely correct.
llauiset1980 1 year ago
@Reclaimer77 Part 3: This way you pitch up and keep the speed controlled while flying a climbing arc. He broke the barrier and run out of fuel as expected on the top of the arc, and flew down in a 7 minutes glide. I have tried to be as much accurate I can with this!!! Excuse me guys for the brick I wrote! Great book and great movie, but even greater pilots.
llauiset1980 1 year ago
@Reclaimer77 It lessens your chances of running into anything. Also, the air is thinner so you have less resistance.
Timasion 1 year ago
@Timasion more importantly, since the air is thinner the speed of sound is lower at higher altitudes.
CaptAviator 1 year ago
@CaptAviator Actually the speed of sound varies quite a bit with density, temperature and pressure. It's 757mph at sea level. The interesting thing is that pitot tubes early avionics equipment used to measure speed did not compensate for the altitude variance which led to the speedometer reading far lower than the ground speed.
kodack10 1 year ago
@Reclaimer77 One of the hardest things to overcome at those speeds is drag. As the wing approaches the speed of sound a shockwave forms at it's leading edge which disturbs the travel of air over the wing, increasing drag. You can have all the power you want but if your coefficient of drag isn't low enough you won't go the speed of sound. The X1 had a straight wing profile which was not ideal for hypersonic flight. One way to get around it is to climb so the air is thinner allowing higher speeds
kodack10 1 year ago
@kodack10 By way of example, you could fly a schoolbus at mach 2 in the vacume of space, but try it in atmosphere and it will fall to pieces. Even the space shuttle can't throttle up until it's got a lot of altitude due to atmospheric drag.
kodack10 1 year ago
This what we all dream when we were young, best football player, fastest runner, greatest pilot. That is what has made USA the greatest, I served this country for 24 years in the Army. I'm no hero just a soldier doing his duty for his country. GOD BLESS THE USA
libra49 1 year ago
This is a movie that kind of grows on you... a classic, you can find something worthwhile every new time you watch it.
Florhusband 1 year ago
@TheGuilherme1999 ya lo vi, si pues se merecia la critica. te molesta? no importa.
MIGUEL2005LIMA 1 year ago
@TheGuilherme1999 i believe you dont understand nothing i never critic this video, do you read? you can read.. in english?por que eu no falo ninguei portuges cual sera el video de texfilms???? si quieres te contesto en castellano. entodo caso si yo tengo a bien criticar .. a ti que te importa?
MIGUEL2005LIMA 1 year ago
A great movie about great people doing great things. Sadly, not many people with this degree of fortitude today. Thank you, General Yeager, for opening the door to tomorrow and giving flight to our wildest dreams.
iamdoctorious 1 year ago
@iamdoctorious There are plenty of budding General Yeagers, and they'll be plenty of need for their like or even greater in the millenia of space journeys that lay ahead. We ain't seen nothin' yet!! Ad Astra!!
Hottides 1 year ago
Fuck... Do you know what it would take to be a test pilot now a days?? I wish I could go back in time.... This movie incredible... by far my favorite of anything!
13098519 1 year ago
How can you even compare REAL LIFE HEROES to Star Wars? Sure Star Wars and other fantasy films are great and njoyable but this happened, this is history!!
Seamonkey555 1 year ago
Love this movie! My grandfather's cousin was the lead engineer who designed the X-1. He was also the head of the Goddard Space Center during the Mercury years.
plusfour857 1 year ago
Legendary
calvink2005 1 year ago
magnifica forma de aprender historia " October 14 ,1947".....
MIGUEL2005LIMA 1 year ago
L'Étoffe des héros,
Le film incontournable pour les passionnés d'aéronautique...
goflight2 1 year ago
In reality Chuck flew the X-1 8 times before breaking the sound barrier. It eventually got over 900 mph before being retired. Slick Goodlin asked for $150K to fly it & was replaced by Yeager who wasn't so greedy. For the movie they used smoke to simulate clouds so they could create the speed illusion. He really flew in clear skies.
nenzi671 1 year ago
Gotta love the synth music of the 80s
christimacc 1 year ago
Actually, he had to "whang it" up (the door to the X-1 with the broom handle), not down. Still a great film.
Houdini774 1 year ago
They neglected to include the detail that Yeager broke the sound barrier under a sky that was clear as glass.
noonedude101 1 year ago
@noonedude101 That's true. It was a clear day that day but the filmmakers put the clouds in the scene for a good reason. They wanted to make it easier for the audience to see how fast the X-1 was going during the exterior shots.
vodude 1 year ago
@vodude In other words, they had a good reason to take some artistic license.
MinisterAilingTongue 1 year ago
This scene is no doubt one of the most mesmerizing & exciting in all of movie history! Certainly makes me very proud to be this American!!!
sxlfkta 1 year ago
Codi, as we discussed before - you are like Chuck Yeager...!!! BAR exam. fly it like an X-1... You will break the sound barrier... And if you don't, God help them next time..
All of my love,
Kelly
raymond5280 1 year ago
This is one of the greatest movies ever made. No hyperbole there.
I wish it had been a box office success. Perhaps Phillip Kaufman's reputation would have soared, allowing to make more masterpieces with greater ease.
Silverwire100 1 year ago
If only there was half as much interest in space flight and aviation in the world as there is for soccer...
operatorjulietmike 1 year ago
@operatorjulietmike Amen! Sport preoccupies why to much attention of society, to the point of pointless obsession. A conformity thing, to be sure.
KiopGenJin 11 months ago
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rjp1374 1 year ago
now the only barrier the yanks try to break is the "tent city homeless shelter" barrier HAHA. u sold out, sold all your power to the chinks, now it's come back to haunt you....
SvalbardJanMayen1976 1 year ago
Did you notice that when the camera is up close to the jet there are clouds but when they look at the jet from below there are no clouds.....Interesting film effects!
MrMfloor 1 year ago
This is not about great Americans. This is about great people. You have a lot of them because you have a lot of people. But there are a lot of great people all over this plant. We have to stop classifing ourselves as anything but residents of this planet. Otherwise were done. Don't get me wrong, I believe we are right. But we have to be smart. We are what we are. We control our destiny and the generations that follow. Lets be smart.
thisismyidgdi 1 year ago 3
@thisismyidgdi wrong sir, it is about great americans. who were the decisive factor against nazi germany and imperial japan. and then took up the challange of stalins soviet russia. best wishes.
mizzoulibertarian 1 year ago
@mizzoulibertarian Your response is why the term "arrogant American" exists. My comments were directed at great people, including Americans, and you want it to be only Americans. And as long as you mentioned WWII, lets talk about who stepped in when. UK, France, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and many others stepped up in September 1939. The US did not enter until attacked at the end of 1941. This is often lost in US revisionist history. This is not my opinion, it is recorded history.
thisismyidgdi 1 year ago
@thisismyidgdi No its not lost that we were the last country to enter ww2(the greatest bloodshed in history) we were last to enter ww1. I'm proud of that. If I recall correctly ( I may not) you were saying that all of these countries and peoples were behind the US space program. not true. actually the Europeans who were involved were german scientist that worked for hitler. the US and soviets grabbed them for rocket science. Enjoy the rest of your day. :)
mizzoulibertarian 1 year ago
@mizzoulibertarian I never said you were last, I just said you were late. No disrespect intended. We are your best ally, but sometimes you don't realize that. And given your response, I apologize for a few sentences. We get lost sometimes in trying to be heard and then apologize to those that don't hear us and may miss those that really do. That may be the Canadian in me. Thanks. Holiday weekend for both of us. Have a great one. We should all be proud.
thisismyidgdi 1 year ago
@thisismyidgdi Best wishes to you and the people of Canada. Its looking like this might be your countries time. The American moment is over. God Bless.
mizzoulibertarian 1 year ago
Yea - I just set up 2 home theaters and can't wait to play the movie in 5.1.
nccwww 1 year ago
Greatest astronaut movie ever made.
motownmaniax 1 year ago
If you have never seen this movie, and at the point of 7:13 of this post you heart doesn't jump and you get really excited for for what is to come, turn it off. You won't care. This is the moment I knew this is going to be great.
thisismyidgdi 1 year ago
This movie so great and then you throw in Levon Helm as the narrator and Ridley.. Wow!! Who ever thought of that was a genius. "Yea, I think I got a stick" "Put the spurs to her son" "You go ahead and bust it. We'll fix it, Personally, I think your seein' things."
thisismyidgdi 1 year ago
Even with broken ribs Yeager could wring out that beast. shame the modern test pilots don't have the same talent. it is a crime that a modern flight test program even with computational models, Detailed simulation, etc. it takes between 5-8 years for a fighter or bomber to finish flight test. makes aircraft so much more expensive.
kdraper2007 1 year ago
@kdraper2007 Think it could possibly have anything to do with aircraft possesing far greater technology in 2011 than in 1947?
CaptAviator 1 year ago
Sam Sheppard is perfect as Yeager
1970vlad 2 years ago 12
@1970vlad Except that he's afraid of flying.
deedubya286 1 year ago
This is such a great movie!!! i haven't seen it in a few years, I got the chills when Mach 1 was hit. When it came to guts, Yeager is right up there with the best of them!
bronxboy1952 2 years ago 3
R55, perhaps you should read history books and learn a litle respect. WWII started in Sep 1939. Germany invaded Poland. Great Britan, France, Australia, New Zealand and Canada declared war on Germany in Sep 1939. The U.S declared neutrality. The U,S. entered the war 3 years later. I am not dimishing what they did, I am just making sure that the rest are not forgotten. Especially the fact that only 1 beach was taken on D-Day, Juno, and it was taken by Canadians. Hollywood keeps forgetting.
thisismyidgdi 2 years ago
Makes me proud to be American. These guys were such heroes! These were some great times in U.S. history....the U.S. kicked the crap out of the Germans. This was the greatest generation of people the U.S has ever known. I hope we can learn from them.
MrMfloor 2 years ago
Sir, I am a German and have ever been thrilled by flying so that eventually, I becme a pilot. And I have to admit that it is the best film on aviation and the space race I have ever seen. What an inspiring period that has been for the US and the rest of the world! All my due respect to pilots like Yeager and the like.
dfolt 1 year ago 3
@dfolt Sir, your English is outstanding! It's really great! Also, isn't Yeager this German name? For, if memory serves me right, Yeager claims his father was of Dutch/German descent! Should make you very proud! Also, both Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin were of German descent on their respective mothers' sides (while being Scottish on their respective fathers' sides!). Should make you very proud indeed!!!
sxlfkta 1 year ago
@sxlfkta naw all 3 of them were americans. best wishes.
mizzoulibertarian 1 year ago
@mizzoulibertarian Best wishes to you as well my man! And God bless America, for whatever that's worth these days ((hopefully still much!))!
sxlfkta 1 year ago
What an Awesome, adrenaline boosting scene!!!
sxlfkta 2 years ago 3