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]

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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.
Contents	Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Two Wars -- 2. Anchors Away -- 3. Taking Flight -- 4. Two Worlds -- 5. The Man in the Brooks Brothers Suit -- 6. Kelly's Masterpiece -- 7. Warning Lights -- 8. Out of the Shadows -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- 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.
Subject	Gilliland, Robert J., 1926-2019.
	United States. Air Force -- Biography.
	Gilliland, Robert J., 1926-2019.
	United States. Air Force
	Test pilots -- Biography.
	Air pilots, Military -- Biography.
	SR-71 Blackbird (Jet reconnaissance plane) -- History.
	Air pilots, Military
	SR-71 Blackbird (Jet reconnaissance plane)
	Test pilots
Genre/Form	Biographies
	History
Added Author	Dunnavant, Keith, author.
	Sullenberger, Chesley, 1951- writer of foreword. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJbRpgx7C3WMWqxm9b7WDq
Other Form:	Print version: 9781640122680 1640122680 (DLC) 2020044096 (OCoLC)1191237753
ISBN	9781640124691 (electronic bk.)
	1640124691 (electronic bk.)
	9781640124677 (electronic bk.)
	1640124675 (electronic bk.)

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