The Right Stuff

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).

Unidentified Aircraft

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

Grumman C-2 Greyhound

Unidentified Aircraft

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 Iroquois

Lockheed HC-130 Hercules

North American F-86 Sabre

Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint

Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star

In the background.

Convair F-106 Delta Dart

In the background.

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See also

• The Right Stuff at IMDb
• The Right Stuff at Wikipedia
• The Right Stuff at IMCDb