| At the Edge of Space: The X-15 Flight Program Contributor(s): Thompson, Milton O. (Author), Armstrong, Neil A. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1588340783 ISBN-13: 9781588340788 Publisher: Smithsonian Books OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: A pilot active in the X-15 program from beginning to end tells the dramatic story of one of the most successful research aircraft ever flown. The first full-length account of the X-15 program, At the Edge of Space 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 humerous anecdates and highlighting the pilots' careers after the program ended in 1968. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Aviation - History |
| Dewey: 629.134 |
| LCCN: 91023701 |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.04" W x 9.16" (1.27 lbs) 392 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |