Edwards Air Force Base

Known for more first flights and record flights than any other place, Edwards Air Force Base is...
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Author: Ted Huetter
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Language: English
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Edwards Air Force Base by Huetter, Ted

Edwards Air Force Base

BD$38.36

Edwards Air Force Base

BD$38.36
Author: Ted Huetter
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Known for more first flights and record flights than any other place, Edwards Air Force Base is legendary. Centered around an ancient dry lakebed in the Mojave Desert 90 miles north of Los Angeles, activity at Edwards has sharpened the cutting edge of aviation and aerospace since the 1940s. The complex is a strategic flight test, research, and development center for the U.S. Air Force, NASA, and civilian contractors. Since the 1950s, almost every U.S. military aircraft has been partially tested here. The skies above Edwards have been the scene of remarkable achievements, including Chuck Yeager's world-famous breaking of the sound barrier in 1947. The base was first established near the small town of Muroc in 1933 and became renowned for its giant runways painted onto the flat, dry lakebed. Speed and altitude records were commonplace at Edwards during the 1950s. Suborbital space flights began there in the 1960s. In the 1970s it was the primary testing site for the space shuttle program. Dramatic aerospace research continues today at Edwards, America's proving ground for the future of high tech aviation.

Author: Ted Huetter, Christian Gelzer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 12/13/2010
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.50w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780738580777

About the Author
Huetter, Ted: - Author Ted Huetter is the public relations manager for The Museum of Flight in Seattle and was an aviation writer and multimedia designer at Edwards Air Force Base during the 1990s. Coauthor Christian Gelzer is the chief historian for NASA s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards.

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