Thompson milton o (21 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. 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.…

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new with previous seller sticker on front pastedown. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Paperback. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Independently published, 2026. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new.

Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Zustand: New. 2003. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:1853104167. …

Zustand: Very Good. Washington DC: NASA History Division, Office of Policy and Plans, NASA Headquarters, 2000. 4to paperback. 52pp. B/W photos throughout. Near fine book. From the library of American aeronautics author, historian and curator Tom D. Crouch. (flight, space, space flight, astronaut, pilot, history, nasa) Inquire if you need further information. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Second printing [stated]. xiv, [2], 375, [1] pages. Foreword by Neil A. Armstrong. Illustrations. Appendices. Index. Milton Orville Thompson (May 4, 1926 August 6, 1993), better known as Milt Thompson, was an American naval officer, aviator, engineer, and NASA research pilot. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the United States Air Force and NASA. He was also selected for participation in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. Following his involvement with the X-15 program, Thompson became Chief Engineer and Director of Research Projects at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. Thompson became a flight test engineer for the Boeing Aircraft Company in Seattle. During his two years at Boeing, he flew on the sister aircraft of Dryden's B-52B air-launch vehicle. On 16 August 1963, Thompson became the first person to fly a lifting body, the lightweight NASA M2-F1. He flew it a total of 47 times, and also made five flights in the M2-F2. 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. The North American X-15 is a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft. It was operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. The X-15's highest speed, 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h; 2,021 m/s), was achieved in October 1967, when William J. Knight flew at Mach 6.70 at an altitude of 102,100 feet (31,120 m), or 19.34 miles. This set the official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a crewed, powered aircraft, which remains unbroken. During the X-15 program, 12 pilots flew a combined 199 flights. Of these, 8 pilots flew a combined 13 flights which met the Air Force spaceflight criterion by exceeding the altitude of 50 miles (80 km), thus qualifying these pilots as being astronauts. The Air Force pilots qualified for military astronaut wings immediately, while the civilian pilots were eventually awarded NASA astronaut wings in 2005, 35 years after the last X-15 flight. The X-15 was based on a concept study from Walter Dornberger for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) for a hypersonic research aircraft. The requests for proposal (RFPs) were published on 30 December 1954 for the airframe and on 4 February 1955 for the rocket engine. The X-15 was built by two manufacturers: North American Aviation was contracted for the airframe in November 1955, and Reaction Motors was contracted for building the engines in 1956. Like many X-series aircraft, the X-15 was designed to be carried aloft and drop launched from under the wing of a B-52 mother ship. Air Force NB-52A, "The High and Mighty One" (serial 52-0003), and NB-52B, "The Challenger" (serial 52-0008, a.k.a. Balls 8) served as carrier planes for all X-15 flights. Release took place at an altitude of about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) and a speed of about 500 miles per hour (805 km/h). The X-15 fuselage was long and cylindrical, with rear fairings that flattened its appearance, and thick, dorsal and ventral wedge-fin stabilizers. Parts of the fuselage (the outer skin) were heat-resistant nickel alloy (Inconel-X 750). The retractable landing gear comprised a nose-wheel carriage and two rear skids. The skids did not extend beyond the ventral fin, which required the pilot to jettison the lower fin just before land.…

Zustand: New. Milton O. Thompson (1926-1993) was chief engineer at the NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility in Edwards, California.In At the Edge of Space, Milton O. Thompson tells the dramatic story of one of the most successful research aircraft .

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st US Edition. 244 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with a section of black and white illustrations. Quarterbound in grey cloth and blue paper with black titles on the spine. Lightly worn on the corners. Blue and black dustjacket in very good condition with black titles. Some sticker residue on the back of the jacket. 1ST US EDITION. NPC. VG/V. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 375 pages in excellent condition. Illustrated with photographs. Blue cloth over black boards. White titles on the spine. Corners not bumped. Blue, illustrated DJ with white titles. Extremely light wear on corners and edges. FINE/NEAR FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. Foreword by Neil Armstrong. 375 pages in excellent condition. Illustrated with many diagrams and photographs. Blue cloth over black boards. Corners not bumped. Illustrated DJ with white titles. No wear on the jacket. FINE/FINE. Book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardback copy in blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering and decoration to spine, gold gilt design to front boards, no dustjacket. 341pp. 120 engravings throughout. Not library copy, previous owners nameplate to front pastedown, some page foxing. (61/6).