Always Another Dawn: The Story Of A Rocket Test Pilot

Always Another Dawn: The Story Of A Rocket Test Pilot

All his life Test Pilot Scott Crossfield has carried on a love affair with airplanes. As a child he learned secretly how to fly, and the unyielding ambition to become a superb aviator spurred him to overcome a serious childhood disease. Working for the NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), Crossfield achieved national renown testing the rocket-powered planes, X-1 and Skyrocket, taking them to amazing heights where â€œman had a new view of his life and the world.â€ He has logged more rocket plane flights than most of the chief test pilots combined.

Written in the tradition of Saint-ExupÃ©ry and Lindbergh, Scott Crossfield's inspiring autobiography is a testament to the adventure and achievement of the flight pioneers who dare to live beyond the clouds. Why is â€œdeath the handmaiden of the pilotâ€ and how does it feel to face her fifteen miles above the ground? What can a pilot do when fear and panic overtake him? What is it like to be the first man to fly at twice the speed of sound? These are some of the questions Crossfield answers as he explains why he was prepared to devote so much of his time, his dreams, and his aspirations to an experimental plane called the X-15.

When he heard about plans for the X-15, pilot Crossfield knew that his major challenge had begun. For this was to be the first manned aero-spaceship, the first plane to fly at the fantastic rate of six times the speed of sound, and one of America's major bids for supremacy in the race for space. From its very inception the X-15 was surrounded by many challenges: the dictum of some high councils that manned aircraft were already obsolete, unbelievably tough engineering problems, interservice rivalries, and countless dangers. Always Another Dawn tells of the birth of this plane; the daring of the men who painstakingly designed and built her, counting every extra pound a danger and creating innovations unprecedented in flight history. Here is the courage of the men who flew her, their every take-off a hazardous journey into the unknown.

Scott Crossfieldâ€™s belief in the X-15 was his faith in the future of man in space. Probing our â€œnew frontierâ€ Crossfield experienced fires and explosions, failures and disappointments, and the final triumph of knowing that he had flown a miracle. This book is the thrilling story of manâ€™s first faltering steps into space, of the great experiment and the great pilot who â€œset man on his path toward the stars.â€

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	PPP1 - Kindle Formatted
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Pickle Partners Publishing
Manufacturer	Pickle Partners Publishing
NumberOfPages	480
PublicationDate	2014-10-20
Publisher	Pickle Partners Publishing
ReleaseDate	2014-10-20
Studio	Pickle Partners Publishing

Always Another Dawn: The Story Of A Rocket Test Pilot

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