Robert Earl Haney, Lee Courtnage

Mission to Mach 2

A Fighter Pilot's Memoir of Supersonic Flight

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Produktbeschreibung

The thirty-year period that marked the advent of the supersonic jet in military aviation was a particularly dangerous one for fighter pilots. As they learned to navigate speeds up to Mach 2, discovering the performance limits and weaknesses of the aircraft, their courage and stamina were tested to the limit. This engaging memoir relates the life story of a famed pilot who flew supersonic jets for the United States Air Force during the Cold War through Vietnam and beyond. As a test pilot, a member of the USAF Thunderbirds, a fighter pilot with more than 200 combat missions in the Vietnam War, and a Fighter Weapons School ("Top Gun") graduate and instructor, he was at the center of the most significant periods in military aviation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9780786463169
• ISBN-10: 0786463163
• Artikelnr.: 31895215

Autorenporträt

Colonel Robert Earl Haney served in the United States Air Force from 1952 to 1982--a long and decorated career.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface     
Introduction by Lee Courtnage     
1. Breaking the Sound Barrier     
2. My First Mentors     
3. Aviation Cadet: Jet Age Training     
4. Supersonic Flight: The F-86     
5. Fighter Jet Nuclear Capability     
6. Flight Test     
7. Return to Tactical Fighters     
8. USAF Thunderbirds     
9. Southeast Asian War     
10. Fighter Weapons School: Terminal Guided Weapons     
11. Air War College and Test and Evaluation     
12. Operational Testing     
13. Field Commander     
14. The Last Day     
15. Epilogue     
Index