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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. | 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. Three demilitarized versions with an additional 6,000 lbf (27 kN) Rocketdyne LR121/AR-2-NA-1 rocket engine, used for astronaut training at altitudes up to 120,800 ft (36,820 m). An accident on 10 December 1963 involving Chuck Yeager was loosely depicted in the motion picture The Right Stuff, although the aircraft in the film was not an actual NF-104A. | ||
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Revision as of 18:53, 10 February 2011
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. Three demilitarized versions with an additional 6,000 lbf (27 kN) Rocketdyne LR121/AR-2-NA-1 rocket engine, used for astronaut training at altitudes up to 120,800 ft (36,820 m). An accident on 10 December 1963 involving Chuck Yeager was loosely depicted in the motion picture The Right Stuff, although the aircraft in the film was not an actual 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).
Beechcaft T-34 Mentor
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-1 Trader
Northrop T-38 Talon
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King
This retrieves Alan Shepard after he re-enters Earth's atmosphere in his capsule.
Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw
Bell UH-1H Iroquois
Lockheed HC-130 Hercules
North American F-86 Sabre
Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
Convair F-106 Delta Dart
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