At the Edge of Space

The X-15 Flight Program

By: Milton O. Thompson, Neil A. Armstrong (Foreword by)

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Paperback | 17 February 2003

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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 for the program. Thompson has translated a highly technical subject into readable accounts of each pilot's participation, including many heroic and humorous anecdotes and highlighting the pilots' careers after the program ended in 1968.

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"Thompson brings the era to life, describing the triumph and tragedy of the pilots and technicians that worked on perhaps the country's most ambitious Xplane testing program."--Sky & Telescope

"Thompson is especially strong in describing the human dimension of the X-15 effort, enlivening the narrative with both heroic and humorous anecdotes."--Air Power History

"Couldn't put it down."--U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings

"Thompson's well-written history of the program captures the technical challenges, the camaraderie and, most of all, the high adventure of X-15 flight. Highly recommended."--Publishers Weekly

." . . a very worthwhile book."--New Scientist

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