The X-15 Rocket Plane - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The X-15 Rocket Plane write by Michelle Evans. This book was released on 2022-05. The X-15 Rocket Plane available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The story of the X-15, the pioneering research flight program in the fifties and sixties, and its pilots.
X-15
X-15 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook X-15 write by Dennis R. Jenkins. This book was released on 2010-12-08. X-15 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The X-15 was the ultimate "X" vehicle. Built in the 1950s, she became the fastest and highest-flying winged aircraft of its time. During 199 flights from 1959 through 1968, she collected data about hypersonic flight that was invaluable to aeronautics and to developers of the space shuttle. This book describes the genesis of the program, the design and construction of the aircraft, years of research flights and the experiments that flew aboard them.-publisher description.
At the Edge of Space
At the Edge of Space - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook At the Edge of Space write by Milton O. Thompson. This book was released on 2003-02-17. At the Edge of Space available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In At the Edge of Space, Milton O. Thompson tells the dramatic story of one of the most successful research aircraft ever flown. The first full-length account of the X-15 program, the book profiles the twelve test pilots (Neil Armstrong, Joe Engle, Scott Crossfield, and the author among them) chosen for the program. Thompson has translated a highly technical subject into readable accounts of each pilot's participation, including many heroic and humorous anecdotes and highlighting the pilots' careers after the program ended in 1968.
X-15 Research Results
X-15 Research Results - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook X-15 Research Results write by Wendell H. Stillwell. This book was released on 1965. X-15 Research Results available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Beyond Blue Skies
Beyond Blue Skies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond Blue Skies write by Christopher J. Petty. This book was released on 2020-11. Beyond Blue Skies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1945 some experts still considered the so-called sound barrier an impenetrable wall, while winged rocket planes remained largely relegated to science fiction. But soon a series of unique rocket-powered research aircraft and the dedicated individuals who built, maintained, and flew them began to push the boundaries of flight in aviation's quest to move ever higher, ever faster, toward the unknown. Beyond Blue Skies examines the thirty-year period after World War II during which aviation experienced an unprecedented era of progress that led the United States to the boundaries of outer space. Between 1946 and 1975, an ancient dry lakebed in California's High Desert played host to a series of rocket-powered research aircraft built to investigate the outer reaches of flight. The western Mojave's Rogers Dry Lake became home to Edwards Air Force Base, NASA's Flight Research Center, and an elite cadre of test pilots. Although one of them--Chuck Yeager--would rank among the most famous names in history, most who flew there during those years played their parts away from public view. The risks they routinely accepted were every bit as real as those facing NASA's astronauts, but no magazine stories or free Corvettes awaited them--just long days in a close-knit community in the High Desert. The role of not only the test pilots but the engineers, aerodynamicists, and support staff in making supersonic flight possible has been widely overlooked. Beyond Blue Skies charts the triumphs and tragedies of the rocket-plane era and the unsung efforts of the men and women who made amazing achievements possible.
