The Right StuffFarrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1979 - 436 halaman The first Americans in space--Yeager, Conrad, Grissom, and Glenn--battle the Russians for control of the heavens and put their lives on the line to demonstrate a quality beyond courage, in this classic by Wolfe. |
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... Patuxent River , which was known in Navy vernacular as Pax River , to enter the Navy's new test - pilot school . This was considered a major step up in the career of a young Navy aviator . Now that the Korean War was over and there was ...
... Patuxent River , which was known in Navy vernacular as Pax River , to enter the Navy's new test - pilot school . This was considered a major step up in the career of a young Navy aviator . Now that the Korean War was over and there was ...
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... Pax River . Like every Navy test pilot , Conrad was proud of Pax River and its reputation . Out loud every true Navy aviator insisted that Pax River was the place ... and in- wardly knew it really wasn't . For every military pilot knew ...
... Pax River . Like every Navy test pilot , Conrad was proud of Pax River and its reputation . Out loud every true Navy aviator insisted that Pax River was the place ... and in- wardly knew it really wasn't . For every military pilot knew ...
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... Pax River contingent were staying at the Marriott motel near the Pentagon , and after dinner they got together in one of the rooms and had a long discussion . Schirra was there , and Lovell , and Alan Shepard , a veteran test pilot who ...
... Pax River contingent were staying at the Marriott motel near the Pentagon , and after dinner they got together in one of the rooms and had a long discussion . Schirra was there , and Lovell , and Alan Shepard , a veteran test pilot who ...
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