About this title: Fighter Pilot's Heaven presents the dramatic inside story of the American military's transition into the jet age, as told by a flyer whose life depended on its success. With colorful anecdotes about fellow pilots as well as precise technical information, Donald S. Lopez describes how it was to be "behind the stick" as a test pilot from 1945 to 1950, when the U.S. military was shifting from war to peacetime operations and from propeller to jet aircraft. An ace pilot who had served with Gen. Claire Chennault's Flying Tiger Fighter Group, Lopez was assigned at the close of World War II to the ...
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Description: Fine in Fine jacket. DUST JACKET NOTES: FINE / Jacket has very light rubbing to the head of spine. BOOK NOTES: FINE / Book has minimal cover wear including very light bump to front bottom edge; inside crisp and clean with NO markings. Binding is solid and true. Buy with confidence. The only book you regret is the one you didn't buy. read more
Description: Good+-Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Foreword by Frank Borman. Mylar covered d/j taped on, front endpaper torn out, withdrawn stamp on title page. No exterior markings. 223 pages. read more
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Smithsonian, 2001. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Date Published: 1995
Description: ISBN 0-56098-457-0. Hardback. First Printing. Very good condition book in a Very good condition dustjacket. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781560984573ISBN:1560984570
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8 vo. Signed & Inscribed By Author 224pp, b&w plate section, index. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth and Boards
Publisher: Smithsonian Inst Pr, Washington
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781560984573ISBN:1560984570
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author 224pp, b&w plate section, index. Hardback with dust jacket in very good, unmarked condition. Inscribed by author. The inside story of the American military's transition from prop planes to jet fighters by test pilot Donald Lopez. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Smithsonian
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781560989165ISBN:1560989165
Description: Good. A good reading copy in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust cover, if available). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels. All items will be shipped by the close of the next business day. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smithsonian, Washington
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781560984573ISBN:1560984570
Description: Very Good in Very Good DJ. Flight Testing the Early Jets. 223 pp. 8vo. Quarter cloth in dustjacket. Light shelfwear to jacket, bumping to spine head and top corners, partially removed price sticker to front flap. Light shelfwear to book. Light foxing to text block. Minor soiling to ffep. Foreword by Frank Borman. First edition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: UK Airlife
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781853105920ISBN:1853105929
Description: Flight testing the early jets. 23.5 x 16 cms. As new copy. 223 pages. Octavo. Quarter bound in blue cloth at spine and black paper over boards. Dustwrapper complete and fine except slight wear over joint of binding cloth and board. read more
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