Tempting Fate: An Experimental Test Pilot's Story
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (768 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0933424817 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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He went on to spend most of a distinguished career as an experimental test pilot for the Douglas company, at that time the giant of the aviation industry. delta-winged fighter. With naval aviator and aviation writer Rausa's help, Rahn tells a tale that most aviation buffs will find eminently readable and that adds to the literature on Douglas aircraft. He specialized in fighter and attack aircraft and spent many hours in the AD Skyraider and the F3D Skyknight, the first U.S. night fighter jet. From Booklist Modestly proportioned, thoroughly absorbing, this is the story of a man--Rahn--who began flying before World War II, flew combat in borrowed Spitfires with the air force during it, and was an early graduate of the air force's test pilot school. Roland Green. He made the first test flight of the famou
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After 22 years of experimental flight, often pushing test aircraft to their limits, he joined the space program and was involved in development of the Apollo command module. Bob Rahn began his extraordinary aviation career in aerial combat in World War II. During his astounding career he cheated death repeatedly, and here recounts these white-knuckle adventures.