X-Planes
Subtitle: Pushing the Envelope of Flight
Publisher: Zenith Press
Published: October 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780760315842
Subjects: Air forces & warfare; United States; Military - Aviation; Transportation; History: American; USA; Aviation - History; Transportation / Aviation / General; History; Research aircraft
First sentence: IN MANY RESPECTS, the numerous piston-powered and propeller-driven aircraft built and flown prior to the jet- and rocket-powered aircraft eras were developed in aviation's "stone age."