On the Frontier: Experimental Flight at NASA Dryden (Signed, 1st Edition.)
Gorn, Michael H. ; Hallion, Richard P.
Language: English
Published by Smithsonian Books, 2003
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- Signed
- Hardcover
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1st Edition (2003.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 554 pages. Signed in the year of publication on the half-title page, "December 2003 To Ernie & Maureen Ehrharts Two great friends! Very Best Wishes, Michael Gorn." THERE IS ONLY ONE SIGNATURE BY THE AUTHOR "GORN." ABE HAS A "STOCK PHOTO," WITH SIGNATURES FROM VARIOUS PILOTS THAT HAVE BEEN NEXT TO DIFFERENT COPIES OF THIS BOOK ***THIS IS NOT THAT BOOK. We will supply pictures if requested. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Interior is clean and tight. Profusely illustrated. "The most comprehensive and authoritative history of flight-testing experimental air- and spacecraft This little-known classic history of flight-testing the X-Planes is reborn sweepingly revised and updated with new and recently released information. Aviation enthusiasts will savor the most detailed account available of record-setting aircraft like the X-1 and X-15, flown by Chuck Yeager and other legends, as well as all the cutting edge NASA and Defense Department programs that perfected the aeronautical concepts and technology used in U.S. military, space, and commercial craft." Black spine/White text. Size: 8vo.…
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- Title
- On the Frontier: Experimental Flight at NASA Dryden (Signed, 1st Edition.)
- Author
- Gorn, Michael H. ; Hallion, Richard P.
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed
- Book Type
- Astrophysics & Space Science
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1588341348
- ISBN 13
- 9781588341341
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
World-renowned Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert is the setting for the exciting, dangerous, and sometimes deadly job of testing the worlds most exotic aircraft. Authors Hallion and Gorn, two of Americas top aerospace historians, focus on the unique relationship between test pilots and their machines. A completely updated and reinterpreted text, three new chapters, dozens of rare photographs, and the complete statistical record of nearly six decades of testing make this required reading for anyone interested in manned flight.
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