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Acknowledgments v
Foreword Neil A. Armstrong 1
Preface Jack L. Summers 5
Prologue 7
1 The Formative Years 11
2 Up in the Air Junior Birdman 23
3 My First War 42
4 A Guest of the Enemy 55
5 Career Management 101 79
6 A Pilot's Dream 92
7 A Brief History Lesson 109
8 The Fun Begins 115
9 Riding the Rocket 125
10 Pushing the Envelope 142
11 Distractions, Decorations, and Disaster 171
12 Goodbye Edwards, Hello Bitburg 187
13 Another War 199
14 The FX Program 218
15 Home Again 227
16 Back to School 236
17 The Last Stop 246
18 Going Home 258
19 Reflections 267
Epilogue 278
Index 281
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| $99.99 | Digital |
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Juan Cisneros
reviewed Higher and Faster: Memoir of a Pioneering Air Force Test Pilot on March 13, 2012
Higher and Faster
A nice look into the secret MiG squadron that flew in the 70's and '80's out of Tonopah, NV and Area 51 by Air Force, Navy and Marine pilots. Told in nearly chronological order there is a lot of information, with a huge cast of characters that is sometimes difficult to keep straight (booking the index page at the end with the list of pilots helps). The narrative flow isn't all that great with lot's of quoted storytelling from the participants rather than the author. There are also a lot of acronyms that someone outside of the military will have to adjust to. But, the information presented is extremely interesting.
Planes flown included the MiG 17 Fresco, MiG 21 Fishbed and MiG 23 Flogger. From the technical specs and playing computer games such as Harpoon, I always thought the MiG 23 was a more dangerous plane. But, from this book none of the pilots really liked it and preferred the MiG 21.
The eBook was formatted well, but with several spelling errors. There are also several photos in two different sections of the book.
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