At the Edge of Space
The X-15 Flight Program
1st Edition
Published on 6. August 2013
392 pages
978-1-58834-386-4 (ISBN)
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.
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Milton O. Thompson (1926-1993) was chief engineer at the NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility in Edwards, California.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Men
- Flight 3-65-97
- Part 1: The Ingredients
- Chapter 1: The Machine
- Chapter 2: The Operation
- Part 2: The Program
- Chapter 3: Program Phases
- Chapter 4: Demonstration Phase (1959-1962)
- Chapter 5: In the Contrails of Giants (1962-1964)
- Chapter 6: Trial by Fire and Water (1964-1968)
- Chapter 7: Results and Unanticipated Problems
- Part 3: Triumph and Tragedy
- Chapter 8: Toward Mach 7-The X-15A-2
- Chapter 9: Sometimes the Bull Wins
- Chapter 10: The End
- Author's Note
- Appendix 1: Flight Logs
- Appendix 2: Pilot Statistics
- Appendix 3: Aircraft Availability
- Appendix 4: Typical X-15 Flight Plan
