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Author : Michelle Evans
Release : 2022-05
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 843/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The X-15 Rocket Plane by : Michelle Evans
Download or read book The X-15 Rocket Plane written by Michelle Evans. This book was released on 2022-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the X-15, the pioneering research flight program in the fifties and sixties, and its pilots.
Author : Dennis R. Jenkins
Release : 2010-12-08
Genre : Aerodynamics, Hypersonic
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 854/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis X-15 by : Dennis R. Jenkins
Download or read book X-15 written by Dennis R. Jenkins. This book was released on 2010-12-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The X-15 was the ultimate "X" vehicle. Built in the 1950s, she became the fastest and highest-flying winged aircraft of its time. During 199 flights from 1959 through 1968, she collected data about hypersonic flight that was invaluable to aeronautics and to developers of the space shuttle. This book describes the genesis of the program, the design and construction of the aircraft, years of research flights and the experiments that flew aboard them.-publisher description.
Author : Wendell H. Stillwell
Release : 1965
Genre : X-15 (Rocket aircraft).
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis X-15 Research Results by : Wendell H. Stillwell
Download or read book X-15 Research Results written by Wendell H. Stillwell. This book was released on 1965. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Anderson
Release : 2014-02-15
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 450/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis X-15 by : John Anderson
Download or read book X-15 written by John Anderson. This book was released on 2014-02-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In X-15, the exciting story of the hypersonic X-15--the first space plane--is beautifully illustrated with NASA photographs and exclusive photography of the X-15 from the National Air and Space Museum.
Author : Milton O. Thompson
Release : 2003-02-17
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 783/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis At the Edge of Space by : Milton O. Thompson
Download or read book At the Edge of Space written by Milton O. Thompson. This book was released on 2003-02-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
