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XabbaRus · 03-06-16, 05:08 PM

I read Yeager when I was 15 and thought it was really good. I then reread it about 10 years later when I was a bit more worldly wise and I'm afraid my opinion of him changed. His book seemed very much a "am I not greatest" and "I was the best pilot in the world bar none" and it got quite irritating.

Sure he broke the sound barrier with a broken rib, but I found he came across as very dismissive of others around him. He also neglected to mention that the Bell X-1 research derived a lot from the Miles M.52.

I thought a better book that I read is The Right Stuff by Thomas Wolfe.

03-06-16, 05:08 PM	#15
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I read Yeager when I was 15 and thought it was really good. I then reread it about 10 years later when I was a bit more worldly wise and I'm afraid my opinion of him changed. His book seemed very much a "am I not greatest" and "I was the best pilot in the world bar none" and it got quite irritating. Sure he broke the sound barrier with a broken rib, but I found he came across as very dismissive of others around him. He also neglected to mention that the Bell X-1 research derived a lot from the Miles M.52. I thought a better book that I read is The Right Stuff by Thomas Wolfe. __________________