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World War II ace. Test pilot who became the first man to break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947.
February 1998
Prepared by Diana Simpson
Bibliographer, Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL
Contents
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Chuck Yeager: Gallery of Photos
General Chuck Yeager: Biography
Please note: A call number beginning with "R"
denotes a reference book.
Current Biographv. 1954.
New York, H.W. Wilson, 1954. 703 p.
Yeager, Charles E., pp 666-668.
Book call no.: R 920.02 C976 1954
DuPre, Flint O. U. S. Air Force Biographical
Dictionarv. New York, Franklin Watts, 1965. 273 p.
Yeager, Charles Elwood, pp 267-268.
Book call no.: R 923.573 D942u
Hallion, Richard P. Test Pilots: The Frontiersmen
of Flight. New York, Doubleday, 1981. 347 p.
Chuck Yeager and Glamorous Glennis Break the "Sound Barrier,"
pp 198-204.
Book call no.: 629.134530922 H189t
Lundgren, William R. Across the High Frontier:
The Story of a Test Pilot. Maior Charles E. Yeager. USAF.
New York, Morrow, 1955. 288 p.
Book call no.: 813 L9621a
National Aviation Hall of Fame (U.S.). Enshrinee
Album: "The First Twentv-one Years.", by James
W. Jacobs. Dayton, OH, National Aviation Hall of Fame, 1984. 230
p.
Yeager, pp 206-207, includes portrait.
Book call no.: R 926.2913 N277e
Thomas, Shirley. Men of Space: Profiles
of the Leaders in Space Research. Development. and Exploration.
Volume 1. Philadelphia, Chilton, 1960. 235 p.
Charles E. Yeager, pp 204-225.
Book call no.: R 926.294 T462m v.1
U.S. Air Force. Office of Information. Brigadier
General Charles E. Yeager. (Biography). Bolling AFB, DC, Aug
1973. 2 p.
Book call no.: Ref Desk
Webster's American Militarv Biographies.
Springfield, MA, G & C Merriam,
1978. 548 p.
Yeager, Charles Elwood, p 494.
Book call no.: R 923.5 W385
Yeager, Chuck and Janos, Leo. Yeager: An
Autobiographv. New York, Bantam Books, 1985. 342 p.
Book call no.: 92 Y37y
Yeager, Chuck and Leerhsen, Charles. Press
On! Further Adventures in the Good Life. New York, Bantam
Books, 1988. 247 p.
Portrait opposite p 56.
Book call no.: 92 Y37ya
Air Force Flight Test Center (U.S.) History
Office. Supersonic Symposium: The Men of Mach 1, edited
by James O. Young. Edwards AFB, CA, Sep 1990. 229 p.
Appendix B: Pilot's Reports by Capt. Charles E. Yeager (1947);
Bell XS-1 (S/N 46-062),Flights 1-4, 6-9, pp
205-221.
Doc. call no.: M-U 35260-26
Across the High Frontier, by William R. Lundgren. Book review. Canadian Aviation 29:91 Mar '56.
Allsup, Dan. Chuck Yeager: Doing Your Job. Airman 31:16-17 Sep '87.
Bonney, Walter T. The Research Airplane. Pegasus 18,no.6: 1-15 Jun '52.
Breaking the Sound Barrier. Popular Mechanics 174:52 Oct 1 '97
Breaking Through: An Interview with Brigadier General Chuck Yeager. Flying Safety 53:22-23 Sep '97
Col (Charles E.) Yeager Takes Over Space School (USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, CA). Air Force Times 22:6 Jul 28 '62.
Considine, Bob. Chuck Yeager: Aerospace Schoolmaster. Air Force and Space Digest 46:52+ Jan '63.
Easterbrook, Gregg. The Flyboys Say Goodbye.
U.S. News & World Report 123:12 Oct 27 '97
Chuck Yeager, the man who broke the sound barrier, retired exactly
50 years to the day of that event. His last flight was in an F-15
Eagle, where he broke the sound barrier again.
Ethier, Bryan. Breaking the Sound Barrier. American History 32:24+ Sep 1 '97
Fastest Man in the World. Royal Air Force Flving Review 10:57-58+ Sep '55
Flight Experience at Mach 2.5. Aeroplane 90:308 Apr 27 '56.
Four Named to (Aviation) Hall of Fame. Air Force Times 34:13 Nov 14 '73.
Frisbee, John L. Always a Fighter. Air Force Magazine 74:67 Feb '91.
Geissinger, Steve. Still on Top: Yeager Breaks Sound Barrier One More Time. Air Force Times 58:18 Oct 27 '97
Hardee, Rex. "What, No Propeller?" American Aviation Historical Society Journal 41: 12-16 Spring '96
"I Don't See Myself as a Hero." U. S. News & World Report 100:65-66 Jan 13 '86
Ingells, Douglas J. Meet Chuck Yeager. Senior Scholastic 59:4 Jan 9 '52.
Ingraham, Edward C. The Right Stuff in the
Wrong Place (Yeager as head of the Military Assistance Advisory
Group, 1971). Washington Monthly 17:35-8+ Oct '85
Author met Gen. Yeager while he was working at the U. S. embassy
in Pakistan during the early '70's; concludes that Yeager was
not meant to be a diplomat.
Jones, Robert F. Chuck Yeager. People Weekly 20:70+ Nov 21 '83.
Kinney, William A. Little Man? Airman 13:58-59
Jan '69.
Story of Yeager breaking the sound barrier on Oct 14, 1947.
Leerhsen, Charles. Right Stuff? Hell, It's Just "Luck." Newsweek 106:56-58 Jul 1 '85.
Lurie, Theodora. The High-Flying Legend. Mclean's 98:6 Jul 29 '85
McGuigan, Cathleen. Where Are the Astronauts Now? Newsweek 102-40 Oct 3 '83.
McNeeley, Trent D. A Fighter Jock's View. American Legion Magazine 143: 26-27+ Aug '97
Man in a Hurry. Time 53:64-66+ Apr 18 '49.
Masko, David P. In the Beginning. Airman 40:4-5 Sep '96
Neely, Frederick R. Collier Trophy. Collier's 122:30-31 Dec 25 '48.
Rightmyer, Don. TAC Attack Interviews Brigadier General Chuck Yeager. TAC Attack 27:4-9 Jan '87.
Scott, William B. Yeager: Pragmatic Realist
on Military Technology's Future. Aviation Week & Space
Technology 147:58+ Oct 13 '97
Yeager offers his views on the direction that US high-speed aeronautical
research should take.
Schwarz, Frederick D. Birth of the Sonic Boom. American Heritage 48:114-115 Oct '97
Slater, Leonard. Fastest Man--and the Men Not Far Behind. Newsweek 43:31-32+ Feb 22 '54.
Vizard, Frank. The Last Hero Pilot. Popular Science 252:70-73 Jan '98.
Yeager: An Autobiographv, by Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos. Book reviews. Air Force Times 45:25+ Jul 1 '85; Fridav Review of Defense Literature, pp 5-6, Sep 13 '85; New York Times Book Review, p 3, Jul 7 '85; Newsweek 106:56-58 Jul 1 '85.
Yeager, Charles E. High-Speed Experimental Flying. Flight 69:501-502 Apr 27 '56.
Yeager, Charles E. 7 Hour Day. Airman 4:16-18
Nov '60.
Account of 306th Squadron nonstop flight from England AFB, LA
to Moron AB, Spain in eighteen F1 00's.
Yeager Receives Congressional Medal. Air
Force Times 37:45 Dec 20 '76.
On Dec 8, 1976, BrigGen Charles E. Yeager was awarded a special
medal "equivalent to a noncombat Medal of Honor."
Zaiman, Robert. The Space Pilots of Tomorrow (Train at Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, CA). United Aircraft Ouarterly Bee-Hive 37: 15-19 Fall '62.
Breaking the Sound Barrier: Dyna-Soar One.
Palm Springs, CA: Big Picture, Historical Film and Video, [c1993].
15 minutes.
Video call no.: 629.132305 B828
Old Friends: Six Who Flew / Lafayette Escadrille.
Palm Springs, CA: Big Picture, Historical Film and Video, [c1993].
30 minutes.
Video call no.: 358.4009 O44
Top Aces.
[Marina del Ray, CA]: Aviation A. V. Library: Ferde Grofe Films,
[198?]. 64 minutes.
Video call no.: 623.7464 T673