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02037aam a2200361 a 4500 001 106197686A8C11E689525693DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160825010506 008 100901s2010 ncua 001 0aeng 010 $a 2010034529 020 $a 0786449896 (softcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786449897 (softcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)496235758 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d CDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a TL540.W445 $b A3 2010 082 00 $a B $a B $2 22 100 1 $a White, Robert M. $q (Robert Michael), $d 1924-2010 245 10 $a Higher and faster : $b memoir of a pioneering Air Force test pilot / $c Robert M. White and Jack L. Summers ; foreword by Neil A. Armstrong. 260 $a Jefferson, N.C. : $b McFarland, $c c2010. 300 $a vii, 287 p. : $b ill. ; $c 23 cm. 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a The formative years -- Up in the air junior birdman -- My first war -- A guest of the enemy -- Career management 101 -- A pilot's dream -- A brief history lesson -- The fun begins -- Riding the rocket -- Pushing the envelope -- Distractions, decorations, and disaster -- Goodbye Edwards, hello Bitburg -- Another war -- The FX program -- Home again -- Back to school -- The last stop -- Going home -- Reflections. 520 $a "In 1961, pilot Robert W. White flew a hypersonic rocket-powered airplane six times faster than the speed of sound and higher than 300,000 feet above the Earth. This is his story, tracing his childhood, his years as a pilot and POW during World War II, and his rise as an experimental test pilot in the Air Force"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a White, Robert M. $q (Robert Michael), $d 1924-2010 650 0 $a Test pilots $z United States $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Air Force $x Officers $v Biography. 700 1 $a Summers, Jack L., $d 1939- 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825073447.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=106197686A8C11E689525693DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search