FLYING THE EDGE — IN THE COCKPIT WITH NAVY TEST PILOTS
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Characteristics
| ISBN-10 | 0-671-87926-X |
| Book cover finish(es) | Perfect paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Author(s) | George C. Wilson |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
| Number of pages | 324 |
| Published date | 1994 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 10.5 x 17 x 2.5 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION NAVALE • AVIATION MILITAIRE • BIOGRAPHIES |
Description
"RIGHT STUFF REWRITTEN....FLYING THE EDGE, LADEN WITH PERSONAL ANECDOTES....IS A CLEARLY WRITTEN BOOK OF VALUE TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN MILITARY AVIATION. OF EITHER GENDER." —The Washington Post
In the world of military aviation, they are the leaders of the pack: the men and women who fly the edge, who push themselves and their high-tech, multimillion-dollar experimental aircraft to the limit. This is their story—a tale of speed, power and courage—behind the scenes, inside the cockpit, and in their own words.
George C. Wilson, national military correspondent for The Washington Post, spent a year at their side at the Naval Air Test Center in Patuxent River, Maryland. He went the distance with them, pushing the envelope into the unknown, determined to experience what they did: somersaults at 23,000 feet in a T-2 Buckeye training jet, simulated dog fights at four hundred knots in the Navy's most advanced warplane, the F/A-18 Hornet, and a free-fall in an OH-58 helicopter, its engines dead.
The result is a dramatic, first-hand account of the challenges these elite pilots tackle, the dangers they face, the pride and exhilaration they feel. FLYING THE EDGE demonstrates as never before why they are truly a breed apart.
"AN ENGROSSING, CLOSE-UP FIX ON THE U.S. NAVY'S TEST PILOT SCHOOL AND ITS PLACE IN OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE... A VIVID, WIDE-RANGING ACCOUNT...." —Kirkus Reviews