At the Edge of Space (Paperback)

Paperback. 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. Thompson, one of the twelve test pilots on the X-15 programme, gives an insider's view of late-night uncertainties in desert bars, monumental technical challenges and the record-breaking flights themselves. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.