Edwards: Flight Test Center Of The U.S.A.F

Edwards: where the newest, strangest, fastest planes on earth are test-flown; where engineering and imagination and human courage get together to leap across the frontiers of space; the location of the world’s best natural runway—and how much else! All of this has made Edwards Air Force Base a magic name of the Aerospace Age. The story of the most dramatic military installation in the U.S.A., and probably also the world, Edwards: Flight Test Center Of The U.S.A.F. has been written with the full co-operation of Air Force authorities, and is as factual and complete as security regulations permit. The author, a pilot and top aviation writer, has been in on several X‑15 flights, has worked closely with the rocket-sled group, has had free entry everywhere on the base. Eight pages of official U.S. Air Force photographs give the reader close-up pictures of the varied activities at the base. Edwards: Flight Test Center Of The U.S.A.F. is a vital and authoritative account that belongs on the shelves of every aerospace library.