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Glen Edwards - The Diary of a Bomber Pilot, From the Invasion of North Africa to His Death in the Flying Wing (Paperback)
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Glen Edwards - The Diary of a Bomber Pilot, From the Invasion of North Africa to His Death in the Flying Wing (Paperback)
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Loot Price R372
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In 1941, Glen Edwards learned to fly in a fabric-covered biplane.
Seven years later, he died in the crash of the Northrop YB-49
Flying Wing, the Air Force's most advanced jet-propelled aircraft
and forerunner of the B-2 Stealth bomber of today. As a combat
pilot in North Africa and Italy during World War II, and as a test
pilot during a period of astonishing innovation, Edwards was among
the best of a new generation of military aviators. The isolated
desert base at Muroc, California, where Edwards crashed would be
named in his honor. All through his military career, Glen Edwards
kept a daily record of what he did and what he thought. Military
historian Daniel Ford situates that diary in the context of World
War II, the development of flight testing as a science, and the
birth of an independent U.S. Air Force. He shows how military
pilots in the 1940s augmented their seat-of-the-pants bravado and
precision flying skills with rigorous academic training. Conveying
both the exhaustion of combat and the exhilaration of flying some
of the world's fastest, most sophisticated planes, the book traces
the tragic course of Glen Edwards's career: the near-daily bombing
missions over Africa and Italy, a record-breaking cross-country
flight in the XB-42 Mixmaster, and trial flights in the YB-49
Flying Wing-the first plane Edwards ever actively disliked. The
innovative Northrop bomber, Daniel Ford concludes, just wasn't
ready for prime time. About 70,000 words; with photographs from the
Air Force and the Edwards family. "A fascinating tale and a tribute
to an unassuming man who simply loved to fly." --
Air&Space/Smithsonian
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