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Testing Death: Hughes Aircraft Test Pilots and Cold War Weaponry by George J. Ma
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- Objectstaat
- ISBN-13
- 9780275990664
- Book Title
- Testing Death
- ISBN
- 9780275990664
- Publication Name
- Testing Death : Hughes Aircraft Test Pilots and Cold War Weaponry
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Series
- Praeger Security International Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 18.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Pilot George Marrett brought his Vietnam combat experience to the private sector, testing the planes, radar, and weapons systems that helped win the Cold War.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0275990664
ISBN-13
9780275990664
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Publication Name
Testing Death : Hughes Aircraft Test Pilots and Cold War Weaponry
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Series
Praeger Security International Ser.
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
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Tl540
Reviews
"ÝA¨n eminently-readable book....Marrett's book is about his life as a test pilot, not necessarily of just airplanes, but all the mysterious electronic things that--the military versions, at least--can do, and what it took to be able to get them to do it. You'll meet the fascinating characters he worked with, and learn the secrets of some of the most able (and unable) airplanes around."-Pacific Flyer, "[A]n eminently-readable book....Marrett's book is about his life as a test pilot, not necessarily of just airplanes, but all the mysterious electronic things that--the military versions, at least--can do, and what it took to be able to get them to do it. You'll meet the fascinating characters he worked with, and learn the secrets of some of the most able (and unable) airplanes around."-Pacific Flyer, 'Marrett recounts his 20 years as a test pilot for Hughes Aircraft, flying F-15, F-16 and F-18 weapons systems and firing a Mach 3 Phoenix missile from an F-14A Tomcat at a Soviet MiG Foxbat target. He tells stories of espionage and deadly crashes and explains the development of B-2 Spirit stealth bomber radar. The volume includes many photographs of the planes and pilots Marrett describes.'-SciTech Book News, "[A]n eminently-readable book….Marrett's book is about his life as a test pilot, not necessarily of just airplanes, but all the mysterious electronic things that--the military versions, at least--can do, and what it took to be able to get them to do it. You'll meet the fascinating characters he worked with, and learn the secrets of some of the most able (and unable) airplanes around." - Pacific Flyer, '[A]n eminently-readable book....Marrett's book is about his life as a test pilot, not necessarily of just airplanes, but all the mysterious electronic things that--the military versions, at least--can do, and what it took to be able to get them to do it. You'll meet the fascinating characters he worked with, and learn the secrets of some of the most able (and unable) airplanes around.'-Pacific Flyer, "There has been no finer way of learning what happened throughout aviation history than by having the story told by one who was there. While numerous aviation writers are pilots who "put you right into the cockpit", author and long-time WINGS & AIRPOWER contributor George Marrett chooses to put the reader right into history itself by weaving colorful tales of his aerial exploits or those of people who touched the very history he writes about. Having flown as both an Air Force test pilot and combat pilot in Southeast Asia before being hired as a civilian test pilot for the Hughes Aircraft Company, Marrett takes his readers on a journey back in time....How fortunate he was to have been able to partake of all that history, and how fortunate we are to now be able to read all about it. It is classic aviation storytelling at its best!"- Airpower, "In Testing Death George Marrett vividly describes his experiences as a Hughes Aircraft Company test pilot during the 1970s and '80s a time of cold war tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. Through detailed recollections of his tests of air-to-air missiles (one of the cold war's lesser known but critically important technological achievements), he reveals the pilot's role in the quest for ever greater improvements in aeronautical science and ever-deadlier weapons. Marrett's stories are so descriptive tht even thouse who have never flown a jet will be able to picture "strapping one on" and flying a mission."- Air & Space, "There has been no finer way of learning what happened throughout aviation history than by having the story told by one who was there. While numerous aviation writers are pilots who "put you right into the cockpit", author and long-time WINGS & AIRPOWER contributor George Marrett chooses to put the reader right into history itself by weaving colorful tales of his aerial exploits or those of people who touched the very history he writes about. Having flown as both an Air Force test pilot and combat pilot in Southeast Asia before being hired as a civilian test pilot for the Hughes Aircraft Company, Marrett takes his readers on a journey back in time....How fortunate he was to have been able to partake of all that history, and how fortunate we are to now be able to read all about it. It is classic aviation storytelling at its best!" Airpower, "[A]n eminently-readable book....Marrett's book is about his life as a test pilot, not necessarily of just airplanes, but all the mysterious electronic things that--the military versions, at least--can do, and what it took to be able to get them to do it. You'll meet the fascinating characters he worked with, and learn the secrets of some of the most able (and unable) airplanes around."- Pacific Flyer, "Marrett recounts his 20 years as a test pilot for Hughes Aircraft, flying F-15, F-16 and F-18 weapons systems and firing a Mach 3 Phoenix missile from an F-14A Tomcat at a Soviet MiG Foxbat target. He tells stories of espionage and deadly crashes and explains the development of B-2 Spirit stealth bomber radar. The volume includes many photographs of the planes and pilots Marrett describes." SciTech Book News, "There has been no finer way of learning what happened throughout aviation history than by having the story told by one who was there. While numerous aviation writers are pilots who put you right into the cockpit, author and long-time WINGS & AIRPOWER contributor George Marrett chooses to put the reader right into history itself by weaving colorful tales of his aerial exploits or those of people who touched the very history he writes about. Having flown as both an Air Force test pilot and combat pilot in Southeast Asia before being hired as a civilian test pilot for the Hughes Aircraft Company, Marrett takes his readers on a journey back in time….How fortunate he was to have been able to partake of all that history, and how fortunate we are to now be able to read all about it. It is classic aviation storytelling at its best!" - Airpower, "[A]n eminently-readable book....Marrett's book is about his life as a test pilot, not necessarily of just airplanes, but all the mysterious electronic things that--the military versions, at least--can do, and what it took to be able to get them to do it. You'll meet the fascinating characters he worked with, and learn the secrets of some of the most able (and unable) airplanes around." Pacific Flyer, 'In Testing Death George Marrett vividly describes his experiences as a Hughes Aircraft Company test pilot during the 1970s and '80s a time of cold war tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. Through detailed recollections of his tests of air-to-air missiles (one of the cold war's lesser known but critically important technological achievements), he reveals the pilot's role in the quest for ever greater improvements in aeronautical science and ever-deadlier weapons. Marrett's stories are so descriptive that even those who have never flown a jet will be able to picture "strapping one on" and flying a mission.'-Air & Space, "Marrett recounts his 20 years as a test pilot for Hughes Aircraft, flying F-15, F-16 and F-18 weapons systems and firing a Mach 3 Phoenix missile from an F-14A Tomcat at a Soviet MiG Foxbat target. He tells stories of espionage and deadly crashes and explains the development of B-2 Spirit stealth bomber radar. The volume includes many photographs of the planes and pilots Marrett describes."-SciTech Book News, "Marrett recounts his 20 years as a test pilot for Hughes Aircraft, flying F-15, F-16 and F-18 weapons systems and firing a Mach 3 Phoenix missile from an F-14A Tomcat at a Soviet MiG Foxbat target. He tells stories of espionage and deadly crashes and explains the development of B-2 Spirit stealth bomber radar. The volume includes many photographs of the planes and pilots Marrett describes."- SciTech Book News, "There has been no finer way of learning what happened throughout aviation history than by having the story told by one who was there. While numerous aviation writers are pilots who put you right into the cockpit, author and long-time WINGS and AIRPOWER contributor George Marrett chooses to put the reader right into history itself by weaving colorful tales of his aerial exploits or those of people who touched the very history he writes about. Having flown as both an Air Force test pilot and combat pilot in Southeast Asia before being hired as a civilian test pilot for the Hughes Aircraft Company, Marrett takes his readers on a journey back in time….How fortunate he was to have been able to partake of all that history, and how fortunate we are to now be able to read all about it. It is classic aviation storytelling at its best!" - Airpower, "In Testing Death George Marrett vividly describes his experiences as a Hughes Aircraft Company test pilot during the 1970s and '80s a time of cold war tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. Through detailed recollections of his tests of air-to-air missiles (one of the cold war's lesser known but critically important technological achievements), he reveals the pilot's role in the quest for ever greater improvements in aeronautical science and ever-deadlier weapons. Marrett's stories are so descriptive tht even thouse who have never flown a jet will be able to picture "strapping one on" and flying a mission." Air & Space, "There has been no finer way of learning what happened throughout aviation history than by having the story told by one who was there. While numerous aviation writers are pilots who "put you right into the cockpit," author and long-time WINGS & AIRPOWER contributor George Marrett chooses to put the reader right into history itself by weaving colorful tales of his aerial exploits or those of people who touched the very history he writes about. Having flown as both an Air Force test pilot and combat pilot in Southeast Asia before being hired as a civilian test pilot for the Hughes Aircraft Company, Marrett takes his readers on a journey back in time....How fortunate he was to have been able to partake of all that history, and how fortunate we are to now be able to read all about it. It is classic aviation storytelling at its best!"-Airpower, 'There has been no finer way of learning what happened throughout aviation history than by having the story told by one who was there. While numerous aviation writers are pilots who "put you right into the cockpit," author and long-time WINGS & AIRPOWER contributor George Marrett chooses to put the reader right into history itself by weaving colorful tales of his aerial exploits or those of people who touched the very history he writes about. Having flown as both an Air Force test pilot and combat pilot in Southeast Asia before being hired as a civilian test pilot for the Hughes Aircraft Company, Marrett takes his readers on a journey back in time....How fortunate he was to have been able to partake of all that history, and how fortunate we are to now be able to read all about it. It is classic aviation storytelling at its best!?-Airpower, "In Testing Death George Marrett vividly describes his experiences as a Hughes Aircraft Company test pilot during the 1970s and '80s a time of cold war tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. Through detailed recollections of his tests of air-to-air missiles (one of the cold war's lesser known but critically important technological achievements), he reveals the pilot's role in the quest for ever greater improvements in aeronautical science and ever-deadlier weapons. Marrett's stories are so descriptive that even those who have never flown a jet will be able to picture strapping one on and flying a mission." - Air & Space, "In Testing Death George Marrett vividly describes his experiences as a Hughes Aircraft Company test pilot during the 1970s and '80s a time of cold war tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. Through detailed recollections of his tests of air-to-air missiles (one of the cold war's lesser known but critically important technological achievements), he reveals the pilot's role in the quest for ever greater improvements in aeronautical science and ever-deadlier weapons. Marrett's stories are so descriptive that even those who have never flown a jet will be able to picture strapping one on and flying a mission." -- Air & Space "[A] fitting way to honor the men he flew with at Hughes Aircraft Company." -- Paso Robles Press "Marrett recounts his 20 years as a test pilot for Hughes Aircraft, flying F-15, F-16 and F-18 weapons systems and firing a Mach 3 Phoenix missile from an F-14A Tomcat at a Soviet MiG Foxbat target. He tells stories of espionage and deadly crashes and explains the development of B-2 Spirit stealth bomber radar. The volume includes many photographs of the planes and pilots Marrett describes." -- SciTech Book News "There has been no finer way of learning what happened throughout aviation history than by having the story told by one who was there. While numerous aviation writers are pilots who put you right into the cockpit, author and long-time WINGS & AIRPOWER contributor George Marrett chooses to put the reader right into history itself by weaving colorful tales of his aerial exploits or those of people who touched the very history he writes about. Having flown as both an Air Force test pilot and combat pilot in Southeast Asia before being hired as a civilian test pilot for the Hughes Aircraft Company, Marrett takes his readers on a journey back in time....How fortunate he was to have been able to partake of all that history, and how fortunate we are to now be able to read all about it. It is classic aviation storytelling at its best!" -- Airpower "[A]n eminently-readable book....Marrett's book is about his life as a test pilot, not necessarily of just airplanes, but all the mysterious electronic things that--the military versions, at least--can do, and what it took to be able to get them to do it. You'll meet the fascinating characters he worked with, and learn the secrets of some of the most able (and unable) airplanes around." -- Pacific Flyer
Table of Content
Foreword by D. Kenneth Richardson Preface Sore Feet Jet Pilot Combat and the F-15 Eagle Fly-Off Impossible Journey Ace of the Test Range Bombing the Blue Eel Railroad Bridge Flying Dumbo Gathering of Eagles and one Turkey California Dreamin' Hitting the Jackpot in Vegas A Wasp with Two Stings The Dream Epilogue
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Military / General, Aviation / Piloting & Flight Instruction
Lccn
2006-006631
Dewey Decimal
623.74/64092 B
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Transportation, History
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