| WINGLESS FLIGHT: The Lifting Body Story R. Dale Reed with Darlene Lister Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2002 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN 0-8131-9026-6 | 226pp. | SC/BWI | $29.95 | |
| Page xxvi: | "Test Pilots tells the complete story of flight testing, from the earliest tower jumps in 1008 to the around-the-world flight of the Voyager in 1986." |
| I'm sure this date should be "1908" |
| Page 8: | "The Air Force accepted the panel's recommendation, deciding to finance only winged reentry vehicle programs: the Boeing Aircraft Company's manned Dyna-Soar X-20 and McDonnell Aircraft Company's upiloted ASSET (Aerothermodynamic/elastic Structural Systems Environmental Test)." |
| S/B "unpiloted" |
| Page 13: | "At the time, the British Kramer Prize had not yet been awarded for the world's first man-powered airplane." |
| S/B "Kremer" |
| Page 54: | "While a few people at NASA Headquarters were aware of the lifting-body project until a few weeks after the historic first flight of the M2-F1 in mid-August, they did pay much attention to it, mainly because we hadn't requested any money for the program." |
| Two problems — misplaced comma and missing word. S/B "While a few people at NASA Headquarters were aware of the lifting-body project, until a few weeks after the historic first flight of the M2-F1 in mid-August they did not pay much attention to it, mainly because we hadn't requested any money for the program." |
| Page 61: | "During the next thirteen months, while Gentry practice more car-tows, the repaired M2-F1 was flown nine times by Milt Thompson." |
| S/B "practiced". |
| Page 105: | "In retaliation, Gentry and his Air Force cronies sliped over to NASA one early morning to paste a large Air Force sign on the side of the HL-10, which originally had no markings indicating Air Force involvement in the program." |
| S/B "slipped". |
| Page 135: | "The launch of the X-24A from the B-52 into its first glide path was smooth. However, one minute into the flight, the automatic interconnect system failed, causing the interconnect to stick in one position. During the landing approach at two degrees angle of attack and 300 knots, Gentry experiences an uncomfortable lateral-directional 'nibbling'." |
| S/B "experienced". |
| Page 161: | "A few months later, he left the pilots office at the NASA Flight Research Center." |
| S/B "pilots' office". |
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