Beyond Blue Skies: The Rocket Plane Programs That Led to the Space Age PDF

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Beyond Blue Skies: The Rocket Plane Programs That Led to the Space Age

Read Online and Download Beyond Blue Skies: The Rocket Plane Programs That Led to the Space Age. In 1945 some experts still considered the so-called sound barrier an impenetrable wall, while winged rocket planes remained largely relegated to science fiction. But soon a series of unique rocket-powered research aircraft and the dedicated individuals who built, maintained, and flew them began to push the boundaries of flight in aviation?s quest to move ever higher, ever faster, toward the unknown.?Beyond Blue Skies examines the thirty-year period after World War II during which aviation experienced an unprecedented era of progress that led the United States to the boundaries of outer space. Between 1946 and 1975, an ancient dry lakebed in California?s High Desert played host to a series of rocket-powered research aircraft built to investigate the outer reaches of flight. The western Mojave?s Rogers Dry Lake became home to Edwards Air Force Base, NASA?s Flight Research Center, and an elite cadre of test pilots. Although one of them?Chuck Yeager?would rank among the most famous names .

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