Test Pilots

by Antony Loveless

Book Overview

Piloting experimental aircraft is more dangerous than most other types of flying. Test pilots are generally military aviators who fly new and modified aircraft, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated. In the 1950s, test pilots were being killed at the rate of about one a week, but the risks have shrunk to a fraction of that, thanks to the sophistication of aircraft technology, better ground-testing, and simulation of aircraft...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778751139
• ISBN13: 9780778751137
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.8" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6