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…It took thirty minutes to clear the runway and rig an arresting cable and Armstrong telephoned Edwards and asked for someone to collect him. Milt Thompson was sent in an F-104B, the only two-seater available, but a plane Thompson had never flown. With great difficulty, Thompson made it to Ne...
Milt Thompson's account of lessons to be learned involves aspects of the history of flight research at what was then called the Flight Research Center and its predecessor organizations— redesignated in 1976 the Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center. Many fascinating topics are covered: lifting bodie...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Milton O. Thompson
Paperback
56
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
149379437X
9781493794379
15
The Only One in the Room is a serious treatment on the subject of race in America, exploring why the problems persist, and what Christ-followers must do to help our nation heal. Throughout his life, especially while working as a high-profile professional in the Midwest, author Milton Thompson was of...
Thompson Milton
Paperback
176
Creation House
1629985406
9781629985404
11
In At the Edge of Space, Milton O. Thompson tells the dramatic story of one of the most successful research aircraft ever flown. The first full-length account of the X-15 program, the book profiles the twelve test pilots (Neil Armstrong, Joe Engle, Scott Crossfield, and the author among them) chosen...
Milton O. Thompson
Paperback
392
Smithsonian Books
1588340783
9781588340788
1
Shea's Castle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shea's Castle, also known as Sky Castle and Castle Ranch, is a castle built in 1924 by the developer Richard Peter Shea. Shea, a New Yorker, moved to the dry climate of Southern California in hopes of improving the health of his wife, Ellen. Shea m...
Rudy A. Schwandt, Margarite Jordan, Ernie Halligan, Dorothy Strandberg, Margaret McPherson, Jack Edward Branstetter, Phyllis Munz Damann, Len Murmane, Joe Kraus, Ester M. Wilson
Paperback
60
Kern Antelope Historical Society
0889353417
9780889353411
7
Written by a pilot/engineer who participated in every phase of NASA's lifting body program, Flying Without Wings documents the adventure, triumphs, setbacks, and fun of pioneering a technology that allowed astronauts to accomplish lifting reentries and precise runway landings. He tells how, afte...
Milton O. Thompson, Curtis Peebles
Hardcover
248
Crecy Publishing
0947554785
9780947554781
2