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Line Up and Wait
Great narrative by the man himself who first flew and subsequently help develop the X-15. North American's winged rocket ship ultimately went almost mach 7 and over 360,000ft. Crossfield was an engineer and it was his careful methods that prevented what might have been more fatalities. He, himself survived only by a whisker on a couple occasions. All the records got set by military pilots...after the bugs were worked out by the author. The Book is hard to lay your hands on - found a copy on amazon, for (better sit down first) $975. My lucky day when I found a copy at the library.