Historic black and white photographs display the experimental planes designed by the Air Force and NASA during the 1950s and 1960s to break ever-increasing Mach and altitude records, and more recent color photographs document their exact crash sites as located by the authors. An appendix documents major accidents in the vicinity of Edwards Air Force Base. No index is provided. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) It all makes for a most interesting read and is a book that I enjoyed going through. I know you will find it equally as fascinating. ---Modeling Madness, reviewed by Scott Van Aken, November 2008 All in all, this is an interesting look at the tremendous price paid in the furtherance of aeronautical science. ---Air Classics, reviewed by George Hulett, December 2008 I have found this book most interesting especially with the accompanying photos of not just the sites but parts of these craft that were found on their quests. I would recommend it to anyone that has even a passing interest in the X-Planes and their fates. - --IPMS, reviewed by Jack Kennedy, December 2008 All in all, this is an interesting look at the tremendous price paid in the furtherance of aeronautical science. ---Air Classics, reviewed by George Hulett, December 2008 I have found this book most interesting especially with the accompanying photos of not just the sites but parts of these craft that were found on their quests. I would recommend it to anyone that has even a passing interest in the X-Planes and their fates. ---IPMS, reviewed by Jack Kennedy, December 2008 Peter W. Merlin is an archivist and historian at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, under contract to TYBRIN Corporation. He is the author of Mach 3+: NASA/USAF YF-12 Flight Research, 1969-1979 (NASA SP-2001-4525) and co-author of Donald L. Mallick s autobiography The Smell of Kerosene: A Test Pilot s Odyssey (NASA SP-2003-4108), and Archangel to Senior Crown Design and Development of the Blackbird. Tony Moore is a museum assistant at the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum at Edwards Air Force Base. He is also a graphic artist and previously served as an audiovisual archivist at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, under contract to Analytical Services & Materials, Inc. He is a founding member of the X-Hunters Aerospace Archeology Team and a member of the Flight Test Historical Foundation. Used Book in Good Condition