Speed: The Life of a Test Pilot and Birth of an American Icon

by Bob Gilliland and Keith Dunnavant

On the morning of December 22, 1964, at a small, closely guarded airstrip in the desert town of Palmdale, California, Lockheed test pilot Bob Gilliland stepped into a strange-looking aircraft and roared into aviation history.

Developed at the super-secret Skunk Works, the SR-71 Blackbird was a technological marvel. In fact, more than a half century later, the Mach 3-plus titanium wonder, designed by Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, remains the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640122680
• ISBN13: 9781640122680
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.8" x 9.2"