Mission to Mach 2 : A Fighter Pilot's Memoir of Supersonic Flight

Haney, Robert Earl/ Courtnage, Lee

McFarland & Co Inc（2011/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 228 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786463169
• DDC分類 358.40092

Full Description

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.

Contents

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