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The X-15 rocket plane

Evans, Michelle, 1955-

The X-15 rocket plane flying the first wings into space / [electronic resource] : Michelle Evans ; foreword by Joe H. Engle. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (xxv, 450 pages :) illustrations ; - Outward odyssey .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-434) and index.

The whole nine yards -- A record high -- Gaining speed -- Naval engagement -- Changing course -- Straight and steady -- Skipping out -- On a roll -- Inconel meets celluloid -- Fastest man alive -- Chasing experiments -- In the line of duty -- Snow at Edwards.

9780803246843 0803246846


Aerodynamics, Hypersonic--Research--History.--United States
Research aircraft--United States.
X-15 (Rocket aircraft)


Electronic books.

TL789.8.U6 / X514 2013

629.133/38