X-Planes at Edwards (Enthusiast Color)
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ISBN: 0879389850 / Publisher: Zenith Press, June 1995
Todays hot new prototypes! Explore the X-planes at Edwards Air Force Base, test site for the worlds advanced military fighter prototypes. This extensive color photo collection provides full details of the planes, from the days when Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier to todays hottest fighter prototypes, the YF-22 and YF-23.
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Trace the historical beginnings of the aircraft that pushed aviation-performance levels to new heights, many of which were developed into the great operational fighters and bombers of yesterday and today. See photos of pioneers of aviation such as the Bell XP-59A (America's first jet fighter). Get the pilot's story of test-flying an XB-70 Valkyrie. See the prototypes for tomorrow's Lockheed F-22.
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