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Contrails Over the Mojave
George J. Marrett
其他書名
The Golden Age of Jet Flight Testing at Edwards Air Force Base
出版Naval Institute Press, 2008
主題History / Military / United StatesHistory / Military / Aviation & SpaceHistory / Military / Vehicles / AirTechnology & Engineering / Aeronautics & AstronauticsTechnology & Engineering / Military Science
ISBN15911451129781591145110
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=zpcgAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"Marrett takes readers into the cockpit as he "goes vertical" in a T-38 Talon, completes high-G maneuvers in an F-4C Phantom, and conducts wet-runway landing tests in the accident-prone F-111A Aardvark. He writes about Col. "Silver Fox" Stephens setting a world speed record in the YF-12 Blackbird and Bob Gilliland testing speed stalls in the SR-71 spy plane, but he also relives stories of crashes that killed test pilot friends. He recounts dead-sticking a T-38 to a landing on Rogers Dry Lake after a twin-engine failure and conducting dangerous tail hook barrier testing in a fighter jet without a canopy. A mysterious UFO sighting in the night sky above the Mojave Desert, known as "The Edwards Encounter" also receives Marrett's attention. Whether the author is assessing a new aircraft's performance or describing the experiences of test pilots as they routinely faced the possibility of death, this look at the golden age of flight testing both thrills and informs."--BOOK JACKET.