X-Planes: X-1 Through X-15

Edwards Air Force Base began life in September 1933 as the Muroc Bombing and Gunnery Range. By early 1942 the Flight Test Division at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio began looking for an isolated location to conduct flight testing of Top Secret aircraft. The 44-square mile Rogers Dry Lake located nearby the training base at Muroc provided the ideal location. Eventually, all of America's early jets, both Air Force and Navy, underwent flight testing at Muroc, which quickly became synonymous with the cutting edge flight research of the turbojet revolution. By 1946, however, a new type of research activity designed to explore the most challenging unknowns of flight began. This was the dawn of the "X-Planes."

Author: Christopher McCall
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 04/26/2012
Pages: 78
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9781475222401
ISBN10: 1475222408
BISAC Categories:
- Transportation | Aviation | History

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