Test Pilots by Lt.Col. Gene Gurney, Editor - 1962

New York, NY : Franklin Watts, 1962 Franklin Watts, New York. 1962. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; lightly bumped head and tail; light shelfwear to top and bottom boards. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($5.95); closed tears at head, tail, and top of front panel; suntanned spine; wear at tips. Light green cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and front board. Tinted text block top. 256 pp 8vo. This is a collection of dramatic, exciting stories about the work of test pilots whose work goes back to the beginnings of aviation. The stories of the men who tested the planes of World War II and those who were the fly the new jets when the war was over are all here. There is also the new breed of test pilot who are aeronautical engineers and skillful pilots who do their work high above the earth or in space itself. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.