X-15 Extending the Frontiers of Flight

by Dennis R. Jenkins

A history of the design and achievements of the high-speed, 1950s-era X-15 airplane is presented. The following chapters are included: A New Science; A Hypersonic Research Airplane; Conflict and Innovation; The Million-Horsepower Engine; High Range and Dry Lakes; Preparations; The Flight Program; and the Research Program. Selected biographies, flight logs and physical characteristics of the X-15 Airplane are included in the appendices.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, History, Technology, Aviation

705 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

For being the official NASA history this tome was full of the flavor of the humans who did the great deed of developing and operating the venerable X-15.