At the Edge of Space: The X-15 Flight Program (Repost)
At the Edge of Space: The X-15 Flight Program By Milton O. Thompson
1992 | 384 Pages | ISBN: 1560981075 | EPUB | 22 MB
1992 | 384 Pages | ISBN: 1560981075 | EPUB | 22 MB
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.