The Hypersonic Revolution: Case Studies in the History of Hypersonic Technology, Volume 1 - From Max Valier to Project PRIME (1924-1967), X-15, X-20A Dyna-Soar, Winged and Lifting Reentry, Rockets

This is a print replica reproduction of an important official USAF history with fascinating and comprehensive studies by leading experts and authorities on hypersonic aerospace vehicle technology, assembled and edited by the Aeronautical Systems Division of Air Force Systems Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

This is Volume One of three, covering these topics:

Whither Hypersonics? A Foreword to the 1998 Edition by Richard P. Hallion

Foreword to the 1987 Edition by Richard P. Hallion

Preface: In the Beginning Was the Dream: Hypersonics to the Dawn of the Space Age by Richard P. Hallion

Case I: Transiting from Air to Space: the North American X-15 by Robert S. Houston, Richard P. Hallion, and Ronald G. Boston

Case II: Strangled Infant: The Boeing X-20A Dyna-Soar by Clarence J. Geiger

Case III: The Development of Winged Reentry Vehicles: An Essay from theNACA-NASA Perspective, 1952-1963 by John V. Becker

Case IV: ASSET: Pioneer of Lifting Reentry by Richard P. Hallion

Case V: Project PRIME: Hypersonic Reentry From Space by John L. Vitelli, and Richard P. Hallion

As a bonus, our reproduction includes the document:

High Frontier: The U. S. Air Force and the Military Space Program - MOL, Dyna-Soar, Nuclear Detection, Missile Warning, Anti-Satellite, SDI, BMD, Launch Operations, Desert Storm