{"product_id":"flying-the-edge-in-the-cockpit-with-navy-test-pilots","title":"FLYING THE EDGE — IN THE COCKPIT WITH NAVY TEST PILOTS","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #f7f8f9; padding: 20px; border-left: 4px solid #647382;\"\u003eA dramatic first-hand account of Navy test pilots at Patuxent River who push experimental aircraft to their limits. Follow their extreme challenges from T-2 Buckeye training to F\/A-18 Hornet dog fights and helicopter emergencies.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom: 13px;\"\u003eCharacteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"table table-striped\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0-671-87926-X\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook cover finish(es)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerfect paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeorge C. Wilson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePocket Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e324\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1994\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10.5 x 17 x 2.5 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 187px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCategorie(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 331px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• AVIATION NAVALE\u003cbr\u003e• AVIATION MILITAIRE\u003cbr\u003e• BIOGRAPHIES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom: 13px;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eRIGHT 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\" —\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge C. Wilson, national military correspondent for \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eF\/A-18 Hornet\u003c\/em\u003e, and a free-fall in an OH-58 helicopter, its engines dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a dramatic, first-hand account of the challenges these elite pilots tackle, the dangers they face, the pride and exhilaration they feel. \u003cem\u003eFLYING THE EDGE\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates as never before why they are truly a breed apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAN ENGROSSING, CLOSE-UP FIX ON THE U.S. NAVY'S TEST PILOT SCHOOL AND ITS PLACE IN OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE... 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