| Description |
287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The formative years -- Up in the air junior birdman -- My first war -- A guest of the enemy -- Career management 101 -- A pilot's dream -- A brief history lesson -- The fun begins -- Riding the rocket -- Pushing the envelope -- Distractions, decorations, and disaster -- Goodbye Edwards, hello Bitburg -- Another war -- The FX program -- Home again -- Back to school -- The last stop -- Going home -- Reflections. |
| Summary |
"In 1961, pilot Robert W. White flew a hypersonic rocket-powered airplane six times faster than the speed of sound and higher than 300,000 feet above the Earth. This is his story, tracing his childhood, his years as a pilot and POW during World War II, and his rise as an experimental test pilot in the Air Force"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
White, Robert M. (Robert Michael), 1924-2010.
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Test pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. Air Force -- Officers -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Summers, Jack L., 1939-
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| ISBN |
9780786449897 (softcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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0786449896 (softcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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