The Right Stuff

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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.

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress

This carries the Bell X-1 and X-1A.

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Bell X-1A

Yeager achieves a new speed record of Mach 2 in this.

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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.

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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).

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Beechcaft T-34 Mentor

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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).

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Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II

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Grumman C-1 Trader

The plane with the folded wings, furthest right

Northrop T-38 Talon

Pilot patches from Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King

This retrieves Alan Shepard after he re-enters Earth's atmosphere in his capsule.

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Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw

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Bell UH-1H Iroquois

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Lockheed HC-130 Hercules

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North American F-86 Sabre

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Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint

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Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star

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In the background.

Convair F-106 Delta Dart

In the background.


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