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THOMPSON MILTON O
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FLYING W/O WINGS (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight) |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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254 |
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1999-04-17 |
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1560988320 |
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Smithsonian |
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1.15 pounds |
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6.3 x 8.9 x 1.0 inches |
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First Edition |
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Product Description
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, after the cancellation of the Air Force's Dyna-Soar program, the first lifting body projects such as the Parasev paraglider and the M2-F1 were built on shoestring budgets at Edwards Air Force Base, California, often without the knowledge of officials at the NASA headquarters.
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