Hypersonic: The Story of the North American X-15: 0 (Specialty Press) - Softcover

Jenkins, Dennis R.; Landis, Tony R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580071317 ISBN 13: 9781580071314

Verlag: Specialty Press, 2008

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"If there's anything you want to know about the X-15 program, then this book is for you-and now at a much less expensive rate."--Matt Bittner"Internet Modeler" (09/01/2008)

"If you get the impression that this is the most complete, most detailed, and most well-researched book ever written on the X-15 program, then you are correct. This is a book that every aviation enthusiast should have on their shelves. My highest recommendation."-- (08/19/2008)

"If you're into the X-15, you'll want to get a copy of this book. Highest recommendation for this one!!!"-- (11/01/2008)

"I'm certain enthusiasts everywhere will welcome these affordable reprints of landmark titles. If you missed any of them the first time around, you're in luck now. All three deserve spots in every aviation library. Strongly recommended."-- (03/01/2009)

"When all is said and done, I really liked this book and recommend it highly to anyone interested in finding out what the X-15 was all about. A very good mix of technical and historical writing that left me feeling satisfied at the end."-- (02/02/2015)

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Nineteen years before Space Shuttle, the small, black, rocket-powered, bullet-shaped X-15 showed it was possible to fly into - and out of - space. There had never been anything like the X-15; it had a million-horsepower engine and could fly twice as fast as a rifle bullet. The X-15 set records that stood for years.

Specialty Press's bestseller, Hypersonic, has been re-released in a softbound format at a reduced price. This book is the most extensively researched history of the X-15 program yet published. The book was written with the cooperation of surviving X-15 pilots as well as many other program principals and is based on six years of research in Air Force, NASA, and North American archives. It covers the tasks of converting and testing the B-52 carrier airplanes, building the first full-pressure suits to protect the pilot, building the first engineering mission simulators, acquiring the remote lakebed landing sites, and building the radar range. It also covers the flight program in detail, including the most authoritative flight log ever assembled; in many instances, information in this log was derived from the original flight-data recordings. Also covered are each of the experiments that were flown aboard the X-15 late in its career when it became the workhorse of the space program, carrying such things as startrackers destined for the Apollo program and missile-detection systems that would later be sent into orbit on satellites.

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• Verlag: Specialty Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1580071317
• ISBN 13: 9781580071314
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 276