Edwards: Flight Test Center Of The U.S.A.F

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Edwards: where the newest, strangest, fastest planes on earth are test-flown; where engineering and imagination and human courage get together to leap across the frontiers of space; the location of the world’s best natural runway—and how much else! All of this has made Edwards Air Force Base a magic name of the Aerospace Age. The story of the most dramatic military installation in the U.S.A., and probably also the world, Edwards: Flight Test Center Of The U.S.A.F. has been written with the full co-operation of Air Force authorities, and is as factual and complete as security regulations permit. The author, a pilot and top aviation writer, has been in on several X‑15 flights, has worked closely with the rocket-sled group, has had free entry everywhere on the base. Eight pages of official U.S. Air Force photographs give the reader close-up pictures of the varied activities at the base. Edwards: Flight Test Center Of The U.S.A.F. is a vital and authoritative account that belongs on the shelves of every aerospace library. Foreword Contents Illustrations Author’s Note Major Fulton and the Lame Bird The Early Days The Edwards Complex The Lake X Marks the Unknown Portrait of a Test Pilot The Edwards and Western Supersonic Railroad The Little Green Schoolhouse The Roaring Ridge Radar Is Watching You Operation Smokey Joe Wringing Out the Birds Life on the Desert Dyna-Soar and Beyond