As a dramatic docu-drama designed to capture public attention (pre-Top Gun), it was a great success. Knowing the reality versus the movie made it even more entertaining to aviation geeks at the time! Memorizing the dialogue was a rite of passage for flight-minded youth of the day.
While I was happy to see a feature film covering the early space program (and X-1), I remember being really pissed off in the theater when I saw how they portrayed both the German scientists and Gus Grissom. A few years later when I read more on the X-1 program, I realized how much the maligned Slick Goodwin as well. Then I read the book and boy, what a difference. Much better! Great stuff you have here!
@@rudolphguarnacci197no, he didn’t. It was a lemon on the CM simulator, because the software wasn’t keeping up with the actual spacecraft. But, hey, let’s not get in the way of a good story.
I agree, I thought it was terrible how they portrayed his wife also. It looked all glitz and glam, but what they were doing was almost suicide. I'm sure it was the same stress as living with someone with an illness that they could possibly die from. If you read the auto biography I think it's called "The Astronaut's Wives Club" they weren't coping very well. One of the Astronaut's mother committed suicide from the stress of her son's dangerous job.
Thanks again for another great video on technology. In watching I noticed what I believe to be another incorrect depiction in The Right Stuff. When the test plane is dropped from the B-29 you see the B-29 pilot pull back a large red handle on the control stand. I believe this handle is the parking brake handle for the B-29. I flew up front in one of the two remaining B-29s that fly and noticed this was the parking brake. I guess It's possible this handle was modified to release the test plane, but if not, is a good visual for release of the test plane.
.. I believe Bob Hoover was also the back-up pilot for Yeager on the X-1 program..... Colonel Boyd was their CO..... Also in that picture of Yeager and other pilots at the piano, the gentleman to his right was Clarence "Bud" Anderson. He was in the same P51 squadron with Chuck who wrote a good book "To Fly and Fight: Memoirs of a Triple Ace".....
Great video! One interesting fact you may or may not know. In one of the scenes taking place in Poncho Barnes' watering hole. You'll see an older gentleman offering a drink to one of the bar patrons. That older gentleman was played by the real Chuck Yeager.
I saw the film when it was released in 70MM Dolby in an empty matinee theater at the Houston Galleria. The media considered it a campaign tool for John Glenn. It thought it was amazing. Later, I would learn of how Sam Shepard's family and mine were tightly intertwined. And later, I would have clodr encounters with Film Commission head Jeanette Etheridge in San Francisco. She is included talking with Phillip Kauffman on the DVD as a bonus. You made a good film. Movies tend to lean towards good storyline than precise accuracy.
I watched a doco recently, (not a pound for air to ground, UA-cam channel) that stated the sound barrier was broken (unofficially ) 2 weeks prior to Yeager by an F-86.
I believe that the X-1 was in a slight climb when it broke the sound barrier for the first time! Larry Bell designed it this was since some pilots from other countries (including De Havilland's son) had died trying to "break the barrier" in a dive.... He gave the XS-1/X-1 enough power to do this figuring that the climb would give the pilot an extra safety measure in case the controls froze or if the nose started to dip, all the pilot had to do was turn off the engine(s) and gravity would decelerate the plane .vs. continue to accelerate it if it was in a dive!
One of my all time favorite movies and that was a beast of a VHS collection!! I just recently joined the channel and was pleasantly surprised to find this!
Terrific recap of one of my favorite movies! One very minor correction: NACA is/was pronounced as its initials (“en ay see ay”), not as an acronym (“nack-uh”).
Both are actually acceptable since the 60s, as in the NACA duct. Pronounced NahKah. At the time however you are correct that it was common to read letter by letter the NACA acronym.
Do you find this documentary entertaining? I think the general public would not. The point of the movie was to document the progress of flight, they also had to sell tickets and pay everyone that contributed to the film. Also try and keep it under 3 hours with as much detail as possible. The movie did a good job capturing the emotions you feel while flying. The music and sound effects contributed to that feeling. As a passenger on a commercial flight is the closest anyone can experience that feeling. But, only on take off as the jet accelerates down the runway. You did a great job filling in the areas of misinformation, but I think they were trying to capture the thrill of flying and the vibe of that era. It was almost like going back in time and experiencing that era.
Disappointing u/s propaganda. Captain Eric Brown RN, nicknamed "Winkle", was the only allied pilot to fly the Me 163 as far as I recall. He was also involved in the development of the Miles supersonic aircraft project, the cancellation of which he considered catastrophic to the British aircraft industry. In later years, he regretted the "anxiety" his vocation caused to his family, on a service salary. A great admirer of your presentations. Slante! ☘👿 Tasmaniac.
I cant watch movies that, for one reason or another, falsify the story of what truly happened. Two major cases in time are "For All Mankind" and "First Man". The latter is practically unwatchable...
Well, For All Mankind is alternate fiction. Not for everyone. You didn’t like First Man? That’s a shame. I’ve read from family members it’s pretty close to home.
As a dramatic docu-drama designed to capture public attention (pre-Top Gun), it was a great success. Knowing the reality versus the movie made it even more entertaining to aviation geeks at the time! Memorizing the dialogue was a rite of passage for flight-minded youth of the day.
While I was happy to see a feature film covering the early space program (and X-1), I remember being really pissed off in the theater when I saw how they portrayed both the German scientists and Gus Grissom. A few years later when I read more on the X-1 program, I realized how much the maligned Slick Goodwin as well. Then I read the book and boy, what a difference. Much better! Great stuff you have here!
Grissom was one of the brightest men in history. He stuck a lemon on the antenna of a mock LEM. A few months later he was dead.
@@rudolphguarnacci197no, he didn’t. It was a lemon on the CM simulator, because the software wasn’t keeping up with the actual spacecraft. But, hey, let’s not get in the way of a good story.
I agree, I thought it was terrible how they portrayed his wife also. It looked all glitz and glam, but what they were doing was almost suicide. I'm sure it was the same stress as living with someone with an illness that they could possibly die from. If you read the auto biography I think it's called "The Astronaut's Wives Club" they weren't coping very well. One of the Astronaut's mother committed suicide from the stress of her son's dangerous job.
Thanks again for another great video on technology. In watching I noticed what I believe to be another incorrect depiction in The Right Stuff. When the test plane is dropped from the B-29 you see the B-29 pilot pull back a large red handle on the control stand. I believe this handle is the parking brake handle for the B-29. I flew up front in one of the two remaining B-29s that fly and noticed this was the parking brake. I guess It's possible this handle was modified to release the test plane, but if not, is a good visual for release of the test plane.
Also one of my favorite movies. An amazing soundtrack by Bill Conti.
.. I believe Bob Hoover was also the back-up pilot for Yeager on the X-1 program..... Colonel Boyd was their CO..... Also in that picture of Yeager and other pilots at the piano, the gentleman to his right was Clarence "Bud" Anderson. He was in the same P51 squadron with Chuck who wrote a good book "To Fly and Fight: Memoirs of a Triple Ace".....
Saw Bob fly those loops and rolls with the turbo-prop a/c with the power off in Australia years ago. Amazing.
Great video! One interesting fact you may or may not know. In one of the scenes taking place in Poncho Barnes' watering hole. You'll see an older gentleman offering a drink to one of the bar patrons. That older gentleman was played by the real Chuck Yeager.
Not many people know that, apparently.
Can't believe i saw this FORTY years ago.
Really good Tube I regret I watched it late at night. I will view it after my morning coffee.
Great video about one of the great movies… movies.
I saw the film when it was released in 70MM Dolby in an empty matinee theater at the Houston Galleria. The media considered it a campaign tool for John Glenn. It thought it was amazing. Later, I would learn of how Sam Shepard's family and mine were tightly intertwined. And later, I would have clodr encounters with Film Commission head Jeanette Etheridge in San Francisco. She is included talking with Phillip Kauffman on the DVD as a bonus. You made a good film. Movies tend to lean towards good storyline than precise accuracy.
I watched a doco recently, (not a pound for air to ground, UA-cam channel) that stated the sound barrier was broken (unofficially ) 2 weeks prior to Yeager by an F-86.
I was so impressed how the actors resembled the real people. Yeager not with standing, but the real Yeager was in the movie.
I believe that the X-1 was in a slight climb when it broke the sound barrier for the first time! Larry Bell designed it this was since some pilots from other countries (including De Havilland's son) had died trying to "break the barrier" in a dive.... He gave the XS-1/X-1 enough power to do this figuring that the climb would give the pilot an extra safety measure in case the controls froze or if the nose started to dip, all the pilot had to do was turn off the engine(s) and gravity would decelerate the plane .vs. continue to accelerate it if it was in a dive!
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Great Stuff! Thanks.
One of my all time favorite movies and that was a beast of a VHS collection!! I just recently joined the channel and was pleasantly surprised to find this!
Me too!
Mine had the ad for The Shining at the beginning.
Love it!
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Terrific recap of one of my favorite movies! One very minor correction: NACA is/was pronounced as its initials (“en ay see ay”), not as an acronym (“nack-uh”).
Both are actually acceptable since the 60s, as in the NACA duct. Pronounced NahKah. At the time however you are correct that it was common to read letter by letter the NACA acronym.
good channel
Do you find this documentary entertaining? I think the general public would not. The point of the movie was to document the progress of flight, they also had to sell tickets and pay everyone that contributed to the film. Also try and keep it under 3 hours with as much detail as possible. The movie did a good job capturing the emotions you feel while flying. The music and sound effects contributed to that feeling. As a passenger on a commercial flight is the closest anyone can experience that feeling. But, only on take off as the jet accelerates down the runway. You did a great job filling in the areas of misinformation, but I think they were trying to capture the thrill of flying and the vibe of that era. It was almost like going back in time and experiencing that era.
Disappointing u/s propaganda.
Captain Eric Brown RN, nicknamed "Winkle", was the only allied pilot to fly the Me 163 as far as I recall. He was also involved in the development of the Miles supersonic aircraft project, the cancellation of which he considered catastrophic to the British aircraft industry. In later years, he regretted the "anxiety" his vocation caused to his family, on a service salary.
A great admirer of your presentations.
Slante!
☘👿
Tasmaniac.
The one thing that got me angry about this movie is that Chuck Yeager had permission to fly each of the flights he did!!!
What got me was Chuck actually screwing the pooch in that NF104 flight, but the movie doesn’t make that clear.
I cant watch movies that, for one reason or another, falsify the story of what truly happened. Two major cases in time are "For All Mankind" and "First Man". The latter is practically unwatchable...
Propaganda tools.
Well, For All Mankind is alternate fiction. Not for everyone.
You didn’t like First Man? That’s a shame. I’ve read from family members it’s pretty close to home.