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Pages: 320
Pages: 320
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-02 - Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Tex Johnston flew the first US jet airplanes and, in a career spanning the 1930s through the 1970s, h
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-19 - Publisher: Air World
Today, as we board our flights to Adelaide, Zurich, and all points in between, we give little thought to the jet power that will take us there. But, this is onl
Language: en
Pages: 328
Pages: 328
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Foreword by William Randolph Hearst, Jr. One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Johnston helped develop the jet age at Bell Aircraft and Boe
Language: en
Pages: 289
Pages: 289
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-02 - Publisher: Penguin
The captivating story of the titans, engineers, and pilots who raced to design a safe and lucrative passenger jet. In Jet Age, journalist Sam Howe Verhovek expl
Language: en
Pages: 293
Pages: 293
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
On December 22, 1964, at a small, closely guarded airstrip in the desert town of Palmdale, California, Lockheed test pilot Bob Gilliland stepped into a strange-