Sub-titled 'Before the space shuttle: testing NASA's wingless aircraft'.
Co-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 would profoundly influence the history of spaceflight.
Milton O Thompson & Curtis Preebles
Hardback. 239x152mm. 248 pages
Black & white photographs throughout
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