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− | == == | + | == Bell X-1 == |
+ | The first aircraft to break the sound barrier, flown by Chuck Yeager. | ||
− | [[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]] | + | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Bell_X12.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
− | [[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]] | + | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Bell_X13.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Bell_X14.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
− | == == | + | == Boeing B-29 Superfortress == |
+ | This carries the Bell X-1 and X-1A. | ||
− | [[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]] | + | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Bell_carrier.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
− | [[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]] | + | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Bell_carrier2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
− | == == | + | == Bell X-1A == |
+ | Yeager achieves a new speed record of Mach 2 in this. | ||
− | [[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]] | + | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Bell_X1A3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
− | [[Image:|thumb|500px|none|]] | + | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Bell_X1A4.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
+ | |||
+ | == Lockheed F-104G Starfighter == | ||
+ | |||
+ | At the end of the film, Yeager goes for a new speed record in this. The actual plane flown by Yeager in real life was an NF-104A. | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Starfighter1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Starfighter2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Starfighter3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Starfighter4.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Hawker Hunter == | ||
+ | |||
+ | After Yeager's Bell X-1 flights, Scott Crossfield sets a new record in the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket (represented in this film by a modified Hawker Hunter) | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_D550.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Bell_X1A1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Bell_X1A2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Unknown plane == | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_silver_plane.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Douglas A-4 Skyhawk == | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the scene where Alan Shepard is introduced, we see him landing this on an aircraft carrier (the USS Coral Sea). | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Skyhawk1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Skyhawk2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Skyhawk3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II == | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_fighters1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_fighters2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Unknown == | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Flight_Deck1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Unknown fighter plane == | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_fighter.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King == | ||
+ | |||
+ | This retrieves Alan Shepard after he re-enters Earth's atmosphere in his capsule. | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_helicopter_Shepard.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw == | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Marines_chopper.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Bell 204 == | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_NASA_chopper1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_NASA_chopper.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Bell UH-1 Iroquis == | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Huey.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Lockheed C-130 Hercules == | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Hercules.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == North American F-86 Sabre == | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Jet1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_fighter3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Unknown airliner == | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_airliner.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star == | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_Funeral_jets1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_fighter2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | == Convair F-106 Delta Dart == | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Right_Stuff_fighter42.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
Revision as of 21:31, 25 October 2010
Movie (1983)
Starring:
Sam Shepard (Chuck Yeager)
Ed Harris (John Glenn)
Dennis Quaid (Gordon Cooper)
Scott Glenn (Alan Shepard)
Fred Ward (Virgil "Gus" Grissom)
Bell X-1
The first aircraft to break the sound barrier, flown by Chuck Yeager.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
This carries the Bell X-1 and X-1A.
Bell X-1A
Yeager achieves a new speed record of Mach 2 in this.
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter
At the end of the film, Yeager goes for a new speed record in this. The actual plane flown by Yeager in real life was an NF-104A.
Hawker Hunter
After Yeager's Bell X-1 flights, Scott Crossfield sets a new record in the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket (represented in this film by a modified Hawker Hunter)
Unknown plane
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
In the scene where Alan Shepard is introduced, we see him landing this on an aircraft carrier (the USS Coral Sea).
Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II
Unknown
Unknown fighter plane
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King
This retrieves Alan Shepard after he re-enters Earth's atmosphere in his capsule.
Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw
Bell 204
Bell UH-1 Iroquis
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
North American F-86 Sabre
Unknown airliner
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
Convair F-106 Delta Dart
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