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Fighter Pilot's Heaven: Flight Testing the Early Jets - Paperback - GOOD
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- ISBN
- 9781560989165
- Book Title
- Fighter Pilot's Heaven : Flight Testing the Early Jets
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / Aviation, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Military
- Item Weight
- 11.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 252 Pages
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Fighter Pilot's Heaven presents the dramatic inside story of the American military's transition into the jet age, as told by a flyer whose life depended on its success. With colorful anecdotes about fellow pilots as well as precise technical information, Donald S. Lopez describes how it was to be "behind the stick" as a test pilot from 1945 to 1950, when the U.S. military was shifting from war to peacetime operations and from propeller to jet aircraft. An ace pilot who had served with Gen. Claire Chennault's Flying Tiger Fighter Group, Lopez was assigned at the close of World War II to the elite Proof Test Group of the Air Proving Ground Command. Located at Eglin Field (later Eglin Air Force Base) in Florida, the group determined the operational suitability of Air Force weapons systems and aircraft and tested the first operational jet, the P-80 Shooting Star. Jet fighters required new techniques, tactics, and weaponry. Lopez recounts historic test flights in the P-59, P-80, and P-84, among other planes, describing complex combat maneuvers, hair-raising landings in unusual positions, and disastrous crashes and near crashes. This memoir is peppered with lively accounts of many pilots and their colleagues, revealing how airmen coped with both exhilarating successes and sometimes tragic failures.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
ISBN-10
1560989165
ISBN-13
9781560989165
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109159257
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fighter Pilot's Heaven : Flight Testing the Early Jets
Number of Pages
252 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / Aviation, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Military
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
11.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
" Fighter Pilot's Heaven is a you-are-there account of the life every pilot, or aspiring pilot, would love to experience."-- Aviation History "Lopez presents the dramatic inside story of the American military transition into the jet age, as told by a flyer whose life depended on its success. With colorful anecdotes about fellow pilots as well as precise technical information, Lopez interweaves his story with the history of the jet plane. . . [and] peppers his memoir with lively accounts of many pilots and colleagues, revealing how airmen coped with both exhilirating successes and sometimes tragic failure."-- Stars and Stripes "Packed with facts, people, and anecdotes, the book takes the reader aloft in planes with unknown, sometimes deadly characteristics. . . . Excerpts from an actual flight test report provide rare insights and give glimpses of the numerous, often subtle, design factors that are weighed against each other in developing a machine that must defeat its adversaries at high altitudes, high speeds, and crushing G-forces. . . . Lopez's tales are truly astounding."-- Military "This absolutely delightful book is a must read for anyone with even a remote interest in the adventure of flying in the 1940s."-- Flight, " Fighter Pilot's Heaven is a you-are-there account of the life every pilot, or aspiring pilot, would love to experience."- Aviation History "Packed with facts, people, and anecdotes, the book takes the reader aloft in planes with unknown, sometimes deadly characteristics. . . . Excerpts from an actual flight test report provide rare insights and give glimpses of the numerous, often subtle, design factors that are weighed against each other in developing a machine that must defeat its adversaries at high altitudes, high speeds, and crushing G-forces. . . . Lopez's tales are truly astounding."- Military ". . . a must read for anyone with even a remote interest in the adventure of flying in the 1940s."- Flight, " Fighter Pilot's Heaven is a you-are-there account of the life every pilot, or aspiring pilot, would love to experience."- Aviation History "Lopez presents the dramatic inside story of the American military transition into the jet age, as told by a flyer whose life depended on its success. With colorful anecdotes about fellow pilots as well as precise technical information, Lopez interweaves his story with the history of the jet plane. . . [and] peppers his memoir with lively accounts of many pilots and colleagues, revealing how airmen coped with both exhilirating successes and sometimes tragic failure."- Stars and Stripes "Packed with facts, people, and anecdotes, the book takes the reader aloft in planes with unknown, sometimes deadly characteristics. . . . Excerpts from an actual flight test report provide rare insights and give glimpses of the numerous, often subtle, design factors that are weighed against each other in developing a machine that must defeat its adversaries at high altitudes, high speeds, and crushing G-forces. . . . Lopez's tales are truly astounding."- Military "This absolutely delightful book is a must read for anyone with even a remote interest in the adventure of flying in the 1940s."- Flight
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