Title Speed : the life of a test pilot and birth of an American icon / Bob Gilliland and Keith Dunnavant ; foreword by Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger.

Publication Info.

[Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction	B GILLILAND	Check Shelf

Description	xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	""Speed" depicts the life of Bob Gilliland, an accomplished pilot and principle test pilot for the SR-71 Blackbird, and his journey with this record-breaking aircraft that helped win the Cold War"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Gilliland, Robert J., 1926-2019.
	United States. Air Force -- Biography.
	Test pilots -- Biography.
	Air pilots, Military -- Biography.
	SR-71 Blackbird (Jet reconnaissance plane) -- History.
	United States. Air Force. (OCoLC)fst00538280
	Air pilots, Military. (OCoLC)fst00802472
	SR-71 Blackbird (Jet reconnaissance plane) (OCoLC)fst01102875
	Test pilots. (OCoLC)fst01148225
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Dunnavant, Keith, author.
	Sullenberger, Chesley, 1951- writer of foreword.
ISBN	9781640122680 (hardback)
	1640122680 (hardback)
	9781640124677 (epub)
	9781640124684 (mobi)
	9781640124691 (pdf)

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