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Availability:In StockContributor:Bob Gilliland, Keith Dunnavant, Chesley Sullenberger (Foreword by)Publish date:2021-06-01Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Potomac BooksISBN-13:9781640122680ISBN-10:1640122680UPC:9781640122680Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, Aviation & NauticalBook Topic:Aviation & SpaceSize:9.20 x 7.80 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCA391BJK5
Speed: The Life of a Test Pilot and Birth of an American Icon
On December 22, 1964, at a small, closely guarded airstrip in the desert town of Palmdale, California, Lockheed test pilot Bob Gilliland stepped into a strange-looking aircraft and roared into aviation history. Developed at the super-secret Skunk Works, the SR-71 Blackbird was a technological marvel. In fact, more than a half century later, the Mach 3-plus titanium wonder, designed by Clarence...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Potomac BooksISBN-13:9781640122680ISBN-10:1640122680UPC:9781640122680Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, Aviation & NauticalBook Topic:Aviation & SpaceSize:9.20 x 7.80 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCA391BJK5
Bob Gilliland logged more experimental flight test time above Mach 2 and Mach 3 than any other pilot in history. He was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame and the International Air and Space Hall of Fame, and he was presented with the Iven C. Kincheloe Award. A native of Memphis, Gilliland graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, transferred to the newly independent U.S. Air Force,...
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Bob Gilliland, Keith Dunnavant, Chesley Sullenberger (Foreword by)
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