Chuck YEAGER Flat- Signed Autographed Ace Test Pilot Autobiography Book P-51 X-1

Description: I’ve been selling on eBay for over 20 years. I have always had 100% positive feedback. I have never received a negative feedback. Over 1500 reviews - no worries! Check my auctions for more Robert Taylor, John Shaw, John Young, James Dietz, Nicolas Trudgian, William S. Phillips, Keith Ferris, Jack Fellows, Harley Copic, Roy Grinnell, Frank Wootton and other aviation art prints. Also, signed & unsigned books, signed WW2 Ace biography sheets from the American Fighter Aces Association, and 1/48 scale kits from companies such as Tamiya, Hasegawa, Eduard, Revell, Monogram, etc. Chuck YEAGER Flat-Signed (not inscribed or dedicated) Autographed Ace Test Pilot Autobiography Book CONDITION: Book itself is in excellent condition! Dust jacket shows some signs of age - very small tears and wrinkles at the edges and corners. SIZE: 9 by 7 inches SIGNATURE: Hand-signed in pencil by World War 2 Ace and USAF Test Pilot: Chuck Yeager It’s just Yeager’s signature. No dedication or inscription, which is somewhat rare for Yeager. Most of his books are dedicated or inscribed to the person purchasing the book. Hardcover Yeager autobiography published way back in 1985. He signed on a bookplate inside the front cover in pencil. Why pencil? Because pencil never fades. Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. Yeager was raised in Hamlin, West Virginia. His career began in World War II as a private in the United States Army, assigned to the Army Air Forces in 1941. After serving as an aircraft mechanic, in September 1942, he entered enlisted pilot training and upon graduation was promoted to the rank of flight officer (the World War II Army Air Force version of the Army's warrant officer), later achieving most of his aerial victories as a P-51 Mustang fighter pilot on the Western Front, where he was credited with shooting down 11.5 enemy aircraft (the half credit is from a second pilot assisting him in a single shootdown). On October 12, 1944, he attained "ace in a day" status, shooting down five enemy aircraft in one mission. After the war, Yeager became a test pilot and flew many types of aircraft, including experimental rocket-powered aircraft for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Through the NACA program, he became the first human to officially break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, when he flew the experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1 at an altitude of 45,000 ft (13,700 m), for which he won both the Collier and Mackay trophies in 1948. He then went on to break several other speed and altitude records in the following years. In 1962, he became the first commandant of the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School, which trained and produced astronauts for NASA and the Air Force. Yeager later commanded fighter squadrons and wings in Germany, as well as in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. In recognition of his achievements and the outstanding performance ratings of those units, he was promoted to brigadier general in 1969 and inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1973, retiring on March 1, 1975. His three-war active-duty flying career spanned more than 30 years and took him to many parts of the world, including the Korean War zone and the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. Stored in a non-smoking, climate-controlled environment. Check my feedback - it's excellent. I ask for the same consideration from you. Please follow through on your bid and pay promptly. I accept all electronic forms of payment offered through eBay. I will pack your book very carefully so it arrives undamaged, using plenty of padding and shipped in a box. I will combine shipping for all books you win in a single package to keep your cost as low as possible. You will pay only what it costs to mail and insure your package. For multiple purchases, add all the books to your shopping cart and pay. I will refund the excess shipping to you once I have packed the box. USPS Media Mail insured shipping in US calculated based on size and weight. International insured shipping through the eBay International Shipping program calculated based on size and weight. Thanks for your interest!

Price: 85 USD

Location: King George, Virginia

End Time: 2025-02-13T01:23:22.000Z

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