Oh my... I hadn't heard that Chuck had passed. Indeed R.I.P. General Yeager. Your accomplishments were huge and all your fans, like me, will dearly miss you. Salude!
No he doesn't he should be where he belongs. In the cockpit! Just to add he should have been the first American to launch in space. Or orbit.the earth . Screw what the Russians believe
Chuck wasn't a reckless seat of your pants daredevil type, he knew the risks of test flight and stacked the deck in his favor as much as possible. When given the opportunity to test fly a captured Mig15, he checked the ejection seat wiring one wire at a time before leaving the ground.
Legendary cast Legendary movie. It's one of those films that while you're watching it you realize 30 minutes have passed by and you haven't moved a muscle and don't remember the last time you took a breath.
What's really cool about the effects in this movie is that, while the film industry was becoming too enamored with the horribly artificial-looking blue-screen technology, the effects team demonstrated what could be achieved with low-cost practical usage, some genuine imagination, and creativity
The effects in the Right Stuff STILL looks great after all these years. A lot of it has to do with fantastic editing between the practical effects and stock footage.
Please look up female pilot "Pancho" Barnes who ran the "Happy bottom riding club." She took the name because at the time, in 1928, she was taking flying lessons she was disguised as a man to escape the authorities' attention because before that she had spent time in Mexico with the revolutionaries. She broke Amelia Earhart's women's speed record, flew as a Hollywood pilot stuntman, flying for Howard Hughes' movie "Hell's Angels (1930)." Pancho Barnes wasn't just a flying afficiando, she was one of them and that was why the other (male) pilots respected her as their equal and frequented her desert bar and ranch.
@@UAL012 I'm sure a lot of hot shot test pilots hated each others' guts. It all comes with being in a highly competitive business. But I'm sure Pancho would have pinned up Cochran''s photo if he ever bought the farm.
It amazes me that they were able to achieve these speeds with a straight winged design. Loved the scream/roar when Yeager recovered, as if the demon he was chasing was bellowing in rage at being outfoxed by his victim.
Try again. It has been documented that the reason for loss of control was the tail was too small on the X-1 series. The rocket motors were plenty to overcome the drag of the straight wings.
It amazes me that people could be this stupid.....To express an opinion about a movie, as if it had something other than a passing resemblance to reality, Fucking morons a'plenty on the inter'tards, yanking their dicks to the poetry of the bullshit of someone else's imagination, of how it might have been........Even when this poorly shot.
@@horacechit5042 i got your point but...at This era they have privilieged the "what we know reliability/stability" and improve step by step... Because at This time they are pioneer and not poor frustrated ingeneering
If you never read the book, the coolest thing is Chuck Yeager. He never had a college degree prior to the test piloting. And yet the air force sent him up because he was the best they had. Just a different time when a degree didn't dictate your ability
The reason he was best suited for the dangerous and difficult job of test pilot: 1) Before becoming a pilot, he had served in the US Airforce as a flight mechanic; 2) During the air war over Europe in WW2, he proved a very adept fighter pilot; So he had hands-on mechanical skills, which most other pilots didn't have to that degree because they didn't serve as flight mechanics before earning their wings. Also, the movie is slightly romaticizing things. It is true, he broke a few ribs falling off of his horse the night before he broke the sound barrier but the reason he survived (when most test pilots didn't and that earned them having their photos pinned on the wall at Pancho's bar and a street at Edward's Airforce base named after them. Chuck Yaeger was the most skilled and technically savy test pilot and also the most professional, taking every test just a single step higher untill he reached his goal, taking no unneccessary risks (apart from the broken ribs incident). In the movie, near the end, he seems to commandeer an experimental F-104 when in reality he was doing another test program involving a modified F-104. He didn't commandeer the plane, he was flying the tests according to the program.
@@AudieHolland I don't think it's really necessary to kiss Chuck Yeager's ass so much. There's no doubt that there were plenty of very experienced, excellent pilots out there after the end of World War 2. Any of them could have broken the sound barrier if they had been in that seat; Chuck just happened to be there. Calling him "The best of the best of the best of the best of the best" and all that is a bit over the top, there's no doubt that he was very good at what he did, but so were many others. Great pilot and pretty much an American cultural icon--but, there were lots of other very good pilots out there who could have done the same thing. For that matter, I don't think Chuck Yeager ever flew the X-15, which was a much hairier and more dangerous beast than the X-1, which was probably rather docile by comparison! Chuck also never flew into orbit or flew to the moon, either. The moon landing was made by an AWESOME pilot. Cool guy and very skilled, certainly--but Chuck Yeager was a *pilot*, not a god. Other guys have done much harder and deadlier stuff--the moon landings in particular. There's no ejection handle to pull when you screw up a moon landing! Do that shit right or your ass is grass! :)
@@devilsoffspring5519 I picked your comment to reply to but this is directed to everyone on this topic. General Yeager was and still is by far one of the best pilots to ever strap an airplane to his back in that era. He was and still is amazingly modest. He never did have the swagger that guys like Crossfield, Goodlin, or any of those other guys did. He used his God given talent as a pilot and that is why he survived those kind of test flights. The incident portrayed here with the X-1A is pretty close to his account of it in his autobiography. The plane went into a 3 axis spin (Roll, Pitch and Yaw) simultaniously. According to what he wrote, he survived on sheer instinct and pure luck. It was a trim setting that had to be tweaked and he managed to do that. You can say all you want about kissing ass, etc but that man is a legend and he is one of many reason why I'm a pilot. If I could be half as good as him, I'd be doing ok.
I saw this movie in the theater in 83 with my Mom and sister. taped it on vhs when they first showed it on tv . I forgot how great it is. they should show this on tv every weekend
GREAT transition scene at the end of the dance, thru Yeager's whiskey glass, fading from the glass into the B-29 thundering into the sunrise. Not quite sure why it grabs the emotion, but it does!
Philip Kaufman used that type of transition to great effect in another part of the film where Yeager is doing a very deliberate "walk around" of an F-104 before attempting an altitude record. He peers into the huge engine exhaust at the back of the plane and the scene transitions to the Mercury Astronauts sitting around at this enormous Texas "Bar-B-Q" at the Astrodome, hosted by LBJ. Brilliant film making, the juxtaposition between Yeager and the celebrated Mercury Astronauts was stunning.
@@ColKurtzknew Mmm.... Yes and no, I mean let's not forget that pyramid was a tough fight for everyone, and all the top pilots back then had egos. Everyone will have their opinion who is the best.
... let's not mix movie made spin and Tom Wolfe's ideals influence the facts. Dave Scott and Mike Adams survived a very heavy landing in the two seat F104 as a part of Yeager's A.R.P.S. whereby they were practicing "low lift over drag" landing's to simulate an X15 landing where they had to land at over 180knots, gunning the afterburner as the flaps were flared... the afterburner malfunctioned at the critical moment and as the tail sank, Adams said he was ejecting if the tail hit 1st... Scott said he'd stay. As it happened, the tail hit 1st and Adams ejected at zero altitude - safely. Scott stayed and ride it out as the thing slammed and slid down the tarmac. When the thing came to a rest, the engine was in the space occupied by Adams seat. Scott's chair had been cocked off center by the impact. If Scott had pulled the cinch - ring to eject, he'd have been killed by partial - ejection. If Adam's had stayed he'd have been crushed by the momentum of the engine coming into the cockpit. Yeager saw it as "the right stuff" (?) , with the ante doubled. Yeager himself never saw such a thing as the "right stuff", nor did any pilot of the era and to actually progress to be "at the top of tne pyramid" would've been to invite hideous ridicule. "The Right Stuff"... "The Pyramid" were intangible, almost nonexistent qualities and an essence conjured by an author to, quite deservedly, give credit to the exploits of men with incredible ability in a cockpit a credence understood in the eyes of the unitiated masses an idea of the intense competition and ego that did exist, yet went religiously unspoken by way of mutual respect amoung those pilots, both Airforce and civilian, working for N.A.C.A. and the manufacturers.
For those that did not know, that is General Chuck Yeager himself playing Fred, the bartender seen here serving Scott Crossfield his steak. RIP Chuck, Scotty and Levon.
The primordial scream at 6:00 . That *"RRRRRAAARRR"* is Chuck's inner beast pushing him forward and keeping him alive. I read the book, played his flight Sim as a kid, and watched everything i can about the man. It is through the creative liberties of this scene that just nailed the spirit of the man
Read that part of his autobiography. He came so close to biting it. He was thrown around so violently he could barely function. Just pure luck and skill got him out of that jam. It's a memorizing part of the book.
I'm so glad they put this dance in with Yeager and his wife. The powerful human dynamic of the why as well as the what - that which makes the triumph more wonderful, and the tragedy so woeful. Very touching.
That look on Scotty's face when he sees Mr. & Mrs. Yeager together. Scotty may have the speed record and the free steak, but he's not the one dancing with Glennis tonight.
Watching Gordo shuffling his coins in homage to Yeager reminds me that the book explained how every commercial pilot developed a West Virginia drawl. Such a great book.
Every time I see these scenes, I'm almost breathless with anxiety - and I know what's going to happen! They may call this "old school" filmmaking, and maybe it's just the time I developed in, but this is really gripping stuff to me. I get caught up in it and it's a rollercoaster ride for me. Thanks for sharing this!
I finally met Chuck Yeager when he came back out to the Pancho Barnes ruins a few years ago around 2014. I had worked on the site back in the 90s as an archaeologist on base. We got together in my vehicle while they were setting up the Camera. I asked him about the movie especially where this scene was filmed and how accurate was the movie. He told me, the movie was filmed in the remains of an old homestead located north of the base: which I found and recorded two years previously. As for the movie itself, he said it was 80% accurate 20% BS or inaccurate. He also showed me where he had actually injured himself prior to the flight. Later on he gave me an autograph copy of his biography.
Must have been incredible to meet him and talk with him for a while. Id imagine he has hundreds of stories and you could just sit and listen to him talk for hours.
Oops... you're right! Well, to answer your question... the 'generic' method for spin recovery is to follow the mnemonic PARE -- Power to idle, Ailerons set at neutral, Rudder opposite the spin and held, and Elevator at neutral. If memory serves, Yeager had shut down the engine right after he got to the top of the arc at 70,000 feet and Mach 2.3 so there wasn't any engine thrust. The X-1A had a small tail, which added to its directional instability. He also bent the control stick during this.
Its so funny that I was just thinking of Chuck today, and watching old x1 footage and this, and I find out he just passed. I haven't thought about this stuff since I first wanted to be a pilot back in the eighties. Resquiat in pace dear Mr. Yeager, God speed up there in the thin air where that demon lives. You beat him so many times that this should be easy for you.
@@JeriMaeRowley So did Ted Williams, a great pilot who also played a little baseball. John Glenn was his wingman during the Korean War - or was it the other way around?
Yeager, non college grad, turns out to be the best pilot of all time! Maybe the military should rethink their rules about requiring a college degree for officers. Audie Murphy was a pretty good officer also, no degree, Sgt York also became an officer, no college degree.
How I pulled myself out of an oncoming illness in January of 2005 is very vividly relived here in Chuck Yeager's flight from the movie 'The Right Stuff'.
there was flying and glennis yeager... chuck truly loved glennis. and every plane he flew he named after glennis. chuck was THE BEST THERE IS THE BEST THERE WAS THE BEST THERE EVER WILL BE... RIP GENERAL AND GLENNIS..
It was more than just a spin; called 'inertial coupling', he was divergent in all three axes at the same time... roll, pitch and yaw. Mel Apt experienced inertial coupling just after he broke Mach 3 in the X-2, but couldn't regain control of the aircraft, so he ejected the escape module. Apt didn't survive the ejection.
exactly correct, the X1a didn't spin out of control, it tumbled. it was pitching, yawing and rolling all at the same time. the fact that the aircraft didn't break up due to aerodynamic stress is a testament to just how robustly contstructed the aircraft was. once the aircraft departed, somewhere around 65 -75k feet yeager was along for the ride there was not much he could do. at least until the ship encountered denser air, around 35,000 feet and found itself first in an inverted spin, which transitioned into a classic spin which Yeager was very well versed in coming out of. which he did so at around 25,000 feet. the radio transcripts reveal if he had the option he would have ejected from the aircraft.
@@stinkyfungusAnd the transcripts also show that he really did make a wisecrack to Ridley not long after recovering from the spin, although it was a bit more technical in nature than the movie shows. Something about not having to do a separate test on dynamic stability, iirc.
Love this movie, all of yeagers accomplishments and records put in the background. Not really put in the limelight for the whole world to see, take this scene for example, everyone knew Crossfields record but then Yeagers is in the background, the movie makes this point over and over again. But the pilots and everyone close knew he was the best.
It was definitely one of the best. Some say he is, but of course others will dispute that. The other pilots all believed they were the best as well, or could accomplish just as much or more than he could.
One of the best Stick and and Rudder Man of all time. Rip Chuck.... I hope you have a lot of fun with your friend Bob Hoover on stimulated Dogfights we're ever you are now on the beautiful blue sky. 👍 Never forget from Austria 🇦🇹
In 1983, I didn't know what Chuck Yeager looked like so I didn't know that was him. He was pointed out to me before I saw it a second time (back in the day when you had to go to the movie theater every time you wanted to see it).
This is exactly what my first psychotic episode after I returned to Tampa in January of 2005 was like; and with absolutely educated experience regarding schizophrenia, I pulled myself out of what could have been a horribly crashing fully blown schizophrenia Hospital stay. But that did not happen because of my skills and right minded philosophy!... and the SunCoast Center F.A.C.T. Team gave me no credit for my achievement.
Crossfield tips his beer bottle towards Yeager (translation) "Im the current record holder, but you broke the sound barrier first and I know you might just surpass me" Yeagar lifts his drink afterwards (translation) "Thats right buddy, Thanks for the acknowledgement" And by the way, its horsecrap that Mr. Yeager wasn't chosen, let alone accepted into the Astronaut program, he should have been one of the original Mercury 7. He truly had the Right Stuff.
I thought Crossfield was giving him props for leaving with the most beautiful girl at the prom. They were all watching Yeager; wanted to be in his shoes.
1953. The early 1950's...the end of the birth of television, a long two-step birthing process that began in 1939 but was delayed due to World War II. 1939...the first broadcast. The early 1950's...Americans in the millions buying their first television sets.
Not only did he crack the canopy, he managed to get his helmet hooked on the control stick at one point because of the forces he was experiencing. When the plane changed direction in its tumble, he ended up getting yanked off the stick so hard it bent it.
Having read the Tom Wolfe book - I think that I can say, without contradiction, this is one of those few films that is actually better than the book. Another being Forrest Gump.
Hmm, something I never really noticed before that bothers me a bit now. Why is Ridley wearing his cap while inside? Shouldn't you take that off indoors?
Jesus who edited that scene!? Clouds, No clouds, stratus clouds, cumulus clouds, I think there was every single type of could in that 20 second shot. Lmao.
Ah! That's what I was missing- the ability to shut the engine down. Didn't think they had the ability to shut rocket motors down back then. I suppose if the fuel is liquid it should always be possible to cut the fuel off, but I still wasn't sure it was possible. Thanks.
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RIP Chuck Yeager, December 7, 2020. The best there ever was.
So true!
One of the best
Oh my... I hadn't heard that Chuck had passed. Indeed R.I.P. General Yeager. Your accomplishments were huge and all your fans, like me, will dearly miss you. Salude!
Fuckin a bubba
Far from it.
That title would go to Mr. R.A. “Bob” Hoover.
Chuck himself would tell you that.
Would also have to put Jimmy Doolittle as 2nd.
Imagine having to play Chuck Yeager with the real Chuck Yeager looking on while in the scene. So cool! Thank you General Yeager for inspiring so many.
Imagine playing his wife as they watched. Barbara Hershey did a great yummy job.
The real Chuck Yeager behind the bar looks as if he is having a great time in his cameo role
With that sexy Barbara Hershey.
Grinning like a possum eating a sweet potato .
@@bradleydavies4781 "eating briars"- Gordon Baxter in FLYING.
No he doesn't he should be where he belongs. In the cockpit! Just to add he should have been the first American to launch in space. Or orbit.the earth . Screw what the Russians believe
Getttin paid
If you look closely you'll notice that the real Chuck Yeager is playing the bartender! I missed this the first time i saw the movie.
Yes. That made me smile when I saw the movie.
Watching it tonight just noticed it was really him. Great little appearance. RIP Chuck... the best.
Yeah, I was so busy ogling Barbara Hershey I missed it the first time, too. She was gorgeous in this movie.
GENERAL Yeager
"He'll be going after Crossfield soon, wont he?"
"No he won't. He'll be going after that demon that lives out in the thin air."
My fav part
Levon Helm. He did well in his role, as well.
@timothyfitzgerald896 Jack Ridley was a very competent engineer. Chuck trusted him implicitly and Jack never let him down.
Chuck wasn't a reckless seat of your pants daredevil type, he knew the risks of test flight and stacked the deck in his favor as much as possible. When given the opportunity to test fly a captured Mig15, he checked the ejection seat wiring one wire at a time before leaving the ground.
@@timothyfitzgerald896 Fellow Arkansas boy unashamedly rocking the Arkie twang. RIP, Levon.
Legendary cast Legendary movie.
It's one of those films that while you're watching it you realize 30 minutes have passed by and you haven't moved a muscle and don't remember the last time you took a breath.
What's really cool about the effects in this movie is that, while the film industry was becoming too enamored with the horribly artificial-looking blue-screen technology, the effects team demonstrated what could be achieved with low-cost practical usage, some genuine imagination, and creativity
The effects in the Right Stuff STILL looks great after all these years. A lot of it has to do with fantastic editing between the practical effects and stock footage.
Fastest bartender in the universe.
Ah man, I didn't grab my drink fast enough!
No one can beat thTmat record.
Please look up female pilot "Pancho" Barnes who ran the "Happy bottom riding club."
She took the name because at the time, in 1928, she was taking flying lessons she was disguised as a man to escape the authorities' attention because before that she had spent time in Mexico with the revolutionaries.
She broke Amelia Earhart's women's speed record, flew as a Hollywood pilot stuntman, flying for Howard Hughes' movie "Hell's Angels (1930)."
Pancho Barnes wasn't just a flying afficiando, she was one of them and that was why the other (male) pilots respected her as their equal and frequented her desert bar and ranch.
Pancho Barnes and Jackie Cochran were both incredible pilots. Sadly, they hated each other and even General Yeager's book talks about that.
@@UAL012 I'm sure a lot of hot shot test pilots hated each others' guts. It all comes with being in a highly competitive business.
But I'm sure Pancho would have pinned up Cochran''s photo if he ever bought the farm.
Fascinating, thank you!
NEVER REALIZED RIDLEY WAS PLAYED BY LEVON HELM...AWESOME!
GOD REST THE BAND
Why Beamon gum
Who else would lend you a stick of Beemans and never get paid back
So many cool things in this scene especially the presence of the actual Chuck Yeager playing Fred the bartender of Pancho's.
ya'll want a drink uh whiskey?
It is so cool. The fact that Yeager is still alive and Levon and Sam have passed makes you ponder.
I love how Barbara Hershey walks up and shakes his hand like they're old friends.
Just a good ole boy enjoying himself and no one probly caught it in the theatre
In clean glass... Brigadier General! :)
Best line for any space exploration (or any scientific) funding: "No bucks? No Buck Rogers."
The best scene of this movie. If you haven't seen it you are missing out on a fantastic movie. Soundtrack and cinematography are spot on.
The new series is great too
It amazes me that they were able to achieve these speeds with a straight winged design. Loved the scream/roar when Yeager recovered, as if the demon he was chasing was bellowing in rage at being outfoxed by his victim.
lol... they didn't
the whole reason why that plane departed from controled flight at mach 2.3 was BEACUSE it was a straight winged design.
Try again. It has been documented that the reason for loss of control was the tail was too small on the X-1 series. The rocket motors were plenty to overcome the drag of the straight wings.
It amazes me that people could be this stupid.....To express an opinion about a movie, as if it had something other than a passing resemblance to reality,
Fucking morons a'plenty on the inter'tards, yanking their dicks to the poetry of the bullshit of someone else's imagination, of how it might have been........Even when this poorly shot.
@@horacechit5042 i got your point but...at This era they have privilieged the "what we know reliability/stability" and improve step by step... Because at This time they are pioneer and not poor frustrated ingeneering
I remember those sonic booms when I was a kid and they were so loud they outlawed them except in designated areas.
R.I.P. Sam Shepard. One of the coolest actors ever.
Barbara Hershey is looking like a gem in the rough. Beautiful.
ILL BUY THAT.
Just classic
If you never read the book, the coolest thing is Chuck Yeager. He never had a college degree prior to the test piloting. And yet the air force sent him up because he was the best they had. Just a different time when a degree didn't dictate your ability
The reason he was best suited for the dangerous and difficult job of test pilot:
1) Before becoming a pilot, he had served in the US Airforce as a flight mechanic;
2) During the air war over Europe in WW2, he proved a very adept fighter pilot;
So he had hands-on mechanical skills, which most other pilots didn't have to that degree because they didn't serve as flight mechanics before earning their wings.
Also, the movie is slightly romaticizing things. It is true, he broke a few ribs falling off of his horse the night before he broke the sound barrier but the reason he survived (when most test pilots didn't and that earned them having their photos pinned on the wall at Pancho's bar and a street at Edward's Airforce base named after them.
Chuck Yaeger was the most skilled and technically savy test pilot and also the most professional, taking every test just a single step higher untill he reached his goal, taking no unneccessary risks (apart from the broken ribs incident). In the movie, near the end, he seems to commandeer an experimental F-104 when in reality he was doing another test program involving a modified F-104. He didn't commandeer the plane, he was flying the tests according to the program.
@@AudieHolland I don't think it's really necessary to kiss Chuck Yeager's ass so much. There's no doubt that there were plenty of very experienced, excellent pilots out there after the end of World War 2. Any of them could have broken the sound barrier if they had been in that seat; Chuck just happened to be there. Calling him "The best of the best of the best of the best of the best" and all that is a bit over the top, there's no doubt that he was very good at what he did, but so were many others.
Great pilot and pretty much an American cultural icon--but, there were lots of other very good pilots out there who could have done the same thing.
For that matter, I don't think Chuck Yeager ever flew the X-15, which was a much hairier and more dangerous beast than the X-1, which was probably rather docile by comparison! Chuck also never flew into orbit or flew to the moon, either. The moon landing was made by an AWESOME pilot.
Cool guy and very skilled, certainly--but Chuck Yeager was a *pilot*, not a god. Other guys have done much harder and deadlier stuff--the moon landings in particular. There's no ejection handle to pull when you screw up a moon landing! Do that shit right or your ass is grass! :)
@@devilsoffspring5519 I picked your comment to reply to but this is directed to everyone on this topic. General Yeager was and still is by far one of the best pilots to ever strap an airplane to his back in that era. He was and still is amazingly modest. He never did have the swagger that guys like Crossfield, Goodlin, or any of those other guys did. He used his God given talent as a pilot and that is why he survived those kind of test flights. The incident portrayed here with the X-1A is pretty close to his account of it in his autobiography. The plane went into a 3 axis spin (Roll, Pitch and Yaw) simultaniously. According to what he wrote, he survived on sheer instinct and pure luck. It was a trim setting that had to be tweaked and he managed to do that.
You can say all you want about kissing ass, etc but that man is a legend and he is one of many reason why I'm a pilot. If I could be half as good as him, I'd be doing ok.
@@AudieHolland Why didn't he go into space? Lack of an engineering degree?
@@twistedyogert He wasn't a college graduate.
An absolutely unapologetically patriotic movie. Proud to be an American!
I saw this movie in the theater in 83 with my Mom and sister. taped it on vhs when they first showed it on tv . I forgot how great it is. they should show this on tv every weekend
Both Yeager and His buddy Ridley were fighter pilot ACES during ww2. Excellent portayel of Ridley as a second throughouout the movie.
GREAT transition scene at the end of the dance, thru Yeager's whiskey glass, fading from the glass into the B-29 thundering into the sunrise. Not quite sure why it grabs the emotion, but it does!
Philip Kaufman used that type of transition to great effect in another part of the film where Yeager is doing a very deliberate "walk around" of an F-104 before attempting an
altitude record. He peers into the huge engine exhaust at the back of the plane and the scene transitions to the Mercury Astronauts sitting around at this enormous
Texas "Bar-B-Q" at the Astrodome, hosted by LBJ. Brilliant film making, the juxtaposition between Yeager and the celebrated Mercury Astronauts was stunning.
@@jaykay6387 😮😂🎉
Yeager has out lived them all. All seven of the original astronauts, his fellow test pilots, and the man that played him Sam Shepard.
Except Anderson is still alive. Something in that Nevada county water.
@@davidmoore2851 maybe the climate?
He just died age 97. RIP.
That's crazy! I comment on a conversation about his longevity and he was on his way out! RIP Mr. Yeager..
@@yourdrummer2034 all your fault, dude.
That back facing return toast to Crossfield !! The man was just too fast and too cool and, at the time, the sole possessor of that "right stuff."
Fortunately not the sole possessor
@@kbanghart but at the time Yeager was sitting at "the top of the pyramid " and sole possessor of TRS !
@@ColKurtzknew Mmm.... Yes and no, I mean let's not forget that pyramid was a tough fight for everyone, and all the top pilots back then had egos. Everyone will have their opinion who is the best.
... let's not mix movie made spin and Tom Wolfe's ideals influence the facts. Dave Scott and Mike Adams survived a very heavy landing in the two seat F104 as a part of Yeager's A.R.P.S. whereby they were practicing "low lift over drag" landing's to simulate an X15 landing where they had to land at over 180knots, gunning the afterburner as the flaps were flared... the afterburner malfunctioned at the critical moment and as the tail sank, Adams said he was ejecting if the tail hit 1st... Scott said he'd stay. As it happened, the tail hit 1st and Adams ejected at zero altitude - safely. Scott stayed and ride it out as the thing slammed and slid down the tarmac. When the thing came to a rest, the engine was in the space occupied by Adams seat. Scott's chair had been cocked off center by the impact. If Scott had pulled the cinch - ring to eject, he'd have been killed by partial - ejection. If Adam's had stayed he'd have been crushed by the momentum of the engine coming into the cockpit. Yeager saw it as "the right stuff" (?) , with the ante doubled. Yeager himself never saw such a thing as the "right stuff", nor did any pilot of the era and to actually progress to be "at the top of tne pyramid" would've been to invite hideous ridicule. "The Right Stuff"... "The Pyramid" were intangible, almost nonexistent qualities and an essence conjured by an author to, quite deservedly, give credit to the exploits of men with incredible ability in a cockpit a credence understood in the eyes of the unitiated masses an idea of the intense competition and ego that did exist, yet went religiously unspoken by way of mutual respect amoung those pilots, both Airforce and civilian, working for N.A.C.A. and the manufacturers.
#profess (not #progress) #grammar :)
R.I.P Chuck.. You were my inspiration to get into the aviation field ! Never regreted it......
Next line. “What’s next?” And the Mercury story begins. One of my all-time favorite movies ever.
God bless you General Yeager!. A true American hero. RIP. With the Angels.My respect to you sir.
For those that did not know, that is General Chuck Yeager himself playing Fred, the bartender seen here serving Scott Crossfield his steak. RIP Chuck, Scotty and Levon.
The primordial scream at 6:00 . That *"RRRRRAAARRR"* is Chuck's inner beast pushing him forward and keeping him alive. I read the book, played his flight Sim as a kid, and watched everything i can about the man.
It is through the creative liberties of this scene that just nailed the spirit of the man
I think it's supposed to be the "demon" roaring, but it's cool either way! 💯
This movie is so fantastic. Believe me. You will not regret it.
TODAY marks the 70th anniversary of that historic flight ---- "I must have busted the canopy with my head!" - Chuck Yeager
Read that part of his autobiography. He came so close to biting it. He was thrown around so violently he could barely function. Just pure luck and skill got him out of that jam. It's a memorizing part of the book.
2:54 I love the no look saluud.
Real men a real time.
The actors in this scene. Levon Helm, Sam Shepard, and Scott Wilson are dead. Chuck Yeager is still alive.
J Ritter How about Barbara Hershey.
Ronnie Bishop I stand corrected
1:22
For those not aware the old barkeep is the real Chuck Yeager.
Until tonight. RIP Gen. Yeager. Legend.
I'm so glad they put this dance in with Yeager and his wife. The powerful human dynamic of the why as well as the what - that which makes the triumph more wonderful, and the tragedy so woeful. Very touching.
A true hero here, not to be duplicated.
God speed Levon Helm and Sam Shepard.. missing you both.. come back
This was easily the best scene of the movie.
Agreed.
@@kensimmons3356 best scene from one of the best movies ever made and cast assembled
That look on Scotty's face when he sees Mr. & Mrs. Yeager together. Scotty may have the speed record and the free steak, but he's not the one dancing with Glennis tonight.
Watching Gordo shuffling his coins in homage to Yeager reminds me that the book explained how every commercial pilot developed a West Virginia drawl. Such a great book.
RIP Chuck Yeager who passed away 12-7-2020 at age 97. In this movie clip, the real Chuck Yeager is the bartender.
Those root weevils who write history are putting Yeager's death on the back-burner, if any coverage at all. Shame on them.
Chuck Yeager..definitely The Real Right Stuff..
R.I.P. Legend
Every time I see these scenes, I'm almost breathless with anxiety - and I know what's going to happen!
They may call this "old school" filmmaking, and maybe it's just the time I developed in, but this is really gripping stuff to me. I get caught up in it and it's a rollercoaster ride for me.
Thanks for sharing this!
It all came from Wolfe's book. Have you read it?
The Right Stuff was a great movie.
I finally met Chuck Yeager when he came back out to the Pancho Barnes ruins a few years ago around 2014. I had worked on the site back in the 90s as an archaeologist on base. We got together in my vehicle while they were setting up the Camera. I asked him about the movie especially where this scene was filmed and how accurate was the movie. He told me, the movie was filmed in the remains of an old homestead located north of the base: which I found and recorded two years previously. As for the movie itself, he said it was 80% accurate 20% BS or inaccurate. He also showed me where he had actually injured himself prior to the flight. Later on he gave me an autograph copy of his biography.
Must have been incredible to meet him and talk with him for a while. Id imagine he has hundreds of stories and you could just sit and listen to him talk for hours.
The aircraft that broke the sound barrier was an X-1. The X-1A was a later, improved model capable of much higher speeds.
Oops... you're right!
Well, to answer your question... the 'generic' method for spin recovery is to follow the mnemonic PARE -- Power to idle, Ailerons set at neutral, Rudder opposite the spin and held, and Elevator at neutral.
If memory serves, Yeager had shut down the engine right after he got to the top of the arc at 70,000 feet and Mach 2.3 so there wasn't any engine thrust.
The X-1A had a small tail, which added to its directional instability. He also bent the control stick during this.
If the test fight was north south they would be going over 1k sideways at the same time.
Managed to catch his helmet over the flight stick because he was getting thrown around so hard, iirc.
Its so funny that I was just thinking of Chuck today, and watching old x1 footage and this, and I find out he just passed. I haven't thought about this stuff since I first wanted to be a pilot back in the eighties. Resquiat in pace dear Mr. Yeager, God speed up there in the thin air where that demon lives. You beat him so many times that this should be easy for you.
In his book, Chuck Yeager said the best WWII fighter pilots had the best eyes. See the enemy before he sees you.
Yeager had unusually sharp vision (a visual acuity rated 20/10).
@@JeriMaeRowley So did Ted Williams, a great pilot who also played a little baseball. John Glenn was his wingman during the Korean War - or was it the other way around?
and the fastest reflexes
Yeager, non college grad, turns out to be the best pilot of all time! Maybe the military should rethink their rules about requiring a college degree for officers. Audie Murphy was a pretty good officer also, no degree, Sgt York also became an officer, no college degree.
How I pulled myself out of an oncoming illness in January of 2005 is very vividly relived here in Chuck Yeager's flight from the movie 'The Right Stuff'.
Nice to see Chuck Yeager who went to the heavens play a old bartender in this great movie
there was flying and glennis yeager... chuck truly loved glennis. and every plane he flew he named after glennis. chuck was THE BEST THERE IS THE BEST THERE WAS THE BEST THERE EVER WILL BE... RIP GENERAL AND GLENNIS..
Everyone needs to see this film. Fantastic.
Damn. Had to rewatch it to recognize Levon Helm.
Chuck as usual . In the background quietly with that ever knowing smile. A real man
Even incognito in a cameo role, Chuck Yeager has more charisma than the actual actors.
I like your post, though not true
Fred the barman.
he been there done that ...
YES SIR BOB HOWDEY
It was more than just a spin; called 'inertial coupling', he was divergent in all three axes at the same time... roll, pitch and yaw. Mel Apt experienced inertial coupling just after he broke Mach 3 in the X-2, but couldn't regain control of the aircraft, so he ejected the escape module. Apt didn't survive the ejection.
exactly correct,
the X1a didn't spin out of control, it tumbled.
it was pitching, yawing and rolling all at the same time. the fact that the aircraft didn't break up due to aerodynamic stress is a testament to just how robustly contstructed the aircraft was.
once the aircraft departed, somewhere around 65 -75k feet yeager was along for the ride there was not much he could do.
at least until the ship encountered denser air, around 35,000 feet and found itself first in an inverted spin, which transitioned into a classic spin which Yeager was very well versed in coming out of. which he did so at around 25,000 feet.
the radio transcripts reveal if he had the option he would have ejected from the aircraft.
@@stinkyfungusAnd the transcripts also show that he really did make a wisecrack to Ridley not long after recovering from the spin, although it was a bit more technical in nature than the movie shows. Something about not having to do a separate test on dynamic stability, iirc.
Love this movie, all of yeagers accomplishments and records put in the background. Not really put in the limelight for the whole world to see, take this scene for example, everyone knew Crossfields record but then Yeagers is in the background, the movie makes this point over and over again. But the pilots and everyone close knew he was the best.
It was definitely one of the best. Some say he is, but of course others will dispute that. The other pilots all believed they were the best as well, or could accomplish just as much or more than he could.
Did not know the drummer in THE BAND played Jack Ridley? 1 of MY FAVORITE MOVIES. RIP TO ALL WHO GONE INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER.
Yes, Levon Helm was brilliant in this film, as was his work with The Band. Sad that he is no longer with us.
We lost one of the best, thank God. He live long enough to enjoy life after …..
1:23 to 1:27 -- the bartender is the real Chuck Yeager in a cameo appearance.
Yes
No bucks? NO Buck Rogers! A lot of truth there!
Can’t believe they had Chuck Yeager serving him the steak. Great movie however
RIP: Levon, Sam and Chuck
One of the best Stick and and Rudder Man of all time. Rip Chuck.... I hope you have a lot of fun with your friend Bob Hoover on stimulated Dogfights we're ever you are now on the beautiful blue sky. 👍 Never forget from Austria 🇦🇹
He's the barman 🍸
@@ianmangham4570 I know.... 👍
...the no look cheers at 2:55 is pure fella treehouse stuff 🙌🏽🙌🙌🏽💫🧑🏾🚀👩🚀
Love this movie!
In 1983, I didn't know what Chuck Yeager looked like so I didn't know that was him. He was pointed out to me before I saw it a second time (back in the day when you had to go to the movie theater every time you wanted to see it).
This is exactly what my first psychotic episode after I returned to Tampa in January of 2005 was like; and with absolutely educated experience regarding schizophrenia, I pulled myself out of what could have been a horribly crashing fully blown schizophrenia Hospital stay.
But that did not happen because of my skills and right minded philosophy!...
and the SunCoast Center F.A.C.T. Team gave me no credit for my achievement.
If I had to guess, Paul Thomas Anderson has this film committed to memory. The negotiation of tone is masterful.
"THE RIGHT STUFF"................FORGOTTEN.............CULT MOVIE !!!
Not forgotten by a long shot!
"Fuckin' a, bubba"
He flies through thick clouds in the close-ups but in the long shots the sky is totally cloudless.
Crossfield tips his beer bottle towards Yeager (translation) "Im the current record holder, but you broke the sound barrier first and I know you might just surpass me"
Yeagar lifts his drink afterwards (translation) "Thats right buddy, Thanks for the acknowledgement"
And by the way, its horsecrap that Mr. Yeager wasn't chosen, let alone accepted into the Astronaut program, he should have been one of the original Mercury 7. He truly had the Right Stuff.
I thought Crossfield was giving him props for leaving with the most beautiful girl at the prom. They were all watching Yeager; wanted to be in his shoes.
JohnR714 he had an attitude problem and not enough education according to some of the people who selected applicants
I never got the part where Glennis met Carpenter's gaze and made that sour face. He had to know that was Yeagers wife and not just another groupie.
1953. The early 1950's...the end of the birth of television, a long two-step birthing process that began in 1939 but was delayed due to World War II. 1939...the first broadcast. The early 1950's...Americans in the millions buying their first television sets.
And this is how we discovered inertial coupling
I have the most awkward boner
I donnu, I guess I busted the canopy with my head. Makes me laugh every time.
Not only did he crack the canopy, he managed to get his helmet hooked on the control stick at one point because of the forces he was experiencing. When the plane changed direction in its tumble, he ended up getting yanked off the stick so hard it bent it.
Having read the Tom Wolfe book - I think that I can say, without contradiction, this is one of those few films that is actually better than the book. Another being Forrest Gump.
Live phone call to the moon 50 years ago.
What a story. What a movie.
The last of the golden bunch. Now, it's all about those techie gizmos and stuff.
RIP Legend
what a coincidence...his wife had the same name as the plane...glamorus glennis
As the girl enter the bar, who does she shake hands with at the bar? None other than than the real CY.
Awesome situational awareness, he saw crossfield salute him.
"...you go ahead and bust it. We'll fix it."
Real life Chuck Yeager all over in the background of this scene... LOL RIP flyboy We all love ya
Hmm, something I never really noticed before that bothers me a bit now. Why is Ridley wearing his cap while inside? Shouldn't you take that off indoors?
It's a movie
0:17 I love the newlywed joke.
If the windows fell out because they used vaseline instead of putty...what'd they use the putty for?
GREAT MOVIE!
Best pilot I ever saw........... Gen. Robin Olds WW 2 Ace , Korea and Vietnam . Originator of the Mig 21 ambush .
Georgous woman+
Wonder if they are still gentlemen, tipping their glasses to one another.
The bartender is the real Chuck Yeager if no one noticed.
I have walked the ground where Pancho's stood. It is part of the firing range for the Air Police at Edwards AFB. Tremendous history.
Jesus who edited that scene!?
Clouds, No clouds, stratus clouds, cumulus clouds, I think there was every single type of could in that 20 second shot. Lmao.
I always thought they should have had Levon Helm play Chuck Yeager.
It's sad to say that we've replaced our heros (faults and all) with A.I. and skynet. God's speed Chuck.
🙏 R.I.P Scott
Ah! That's what I was missing- the ability to shut the engine down. Didn't think they had the ability to shut rocket motors down back then. I suppose if the fuel is liquid it should always be possible to cut the fuel off, but I still wasn't sure it was possible. Thanks.
No CGI
He looked for a demon and he found one.