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X-15 : the world's fastest rocket plane and the pilots who ushered in the space age
- Title
- X-15 : the world's fastest rocket plane and the pilots who ushered in the space age / John Anderson and Richard Passman.
- Author
- Anderson, John, 1937-
- Publication
- Minneapolis [Minnesota] : Zenith Press, 2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | TL789.8.U6 X513 2014 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Passman, Richard.
- Description
- 144 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm.
- Summary
- "The X-15, which flew from 1959-1970, is still the most advanced research aircraft ever developed and flown, and hangs in a place of honor in the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. Its test pilots not only reached the edge of space, but their skill and daring helped engineers understand hypersonic speed and thus pave the way for the Space Shuttle"--
- Series Statement
- Smithsonian series
- Uniform Title
- Smithsonian series.
- Alternative Title
- World's fastest rocket plane and the pilots who ushered in the space age
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Why the X-15? -- The advent of the research airplane -- The X-15 airplane and its engines -- The test arena -- The pilots -- The flights.
- ISBN
- 9780760344453
- 0760344450
- LCCN
- 2013036904
- OCLC
- ocn827257244
- 827257244
- SCSB-9014404
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library