At the Edge of Space

The X-15 Flight Program

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Aviation, History, Military, Americas, United States, 20th Century
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Author: Milton O. Thompson ISBN: 9781588343864
Publisher: Smithsonian Publication: August 6, 2013
Imprint: Smithsonian Books Language: English
Author: Milton O. Thompson
ISBN: 9781588343864
Publisher: Smithsonian
Publication: August 6, 2013
Imprint: Smithsonian Books
Language: English

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.

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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.

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