Mission to Mach 2

A Fighter Pilot's Memoir of Supersonic Flight

Earl Haney, Lee Courtnage (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

228 Seiten

2011
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-6316-9 (ISBN)

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The thirty-year period that marked the advent of the supersonic jet in military aviation was a particularly dangerous one in the lives of flight pilots. As pilots gradually learned to navigate speeds up to Mach II, their courage and stamina were tested to the limit. This engaging memoir relays 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. Though the story of one man, it reflects upon the ingenuity and sacrifice of so many veterans who worked during one of the most significant periods in aviation history.

Robert Earl Haney entered the United States Air Force during the Korean War conflict and enjoyed a long, decorated career as a tactical fighter. Lee Courtnage lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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

Zusatzinfo	46 photographs
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7864-6316-3 / 0786463163
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-6316-9 / 9780786463169
Zustand	Neuware