Item #57015 Very Good (covers nice but for small scratch on front cover contents clean & tight) very nice d/j. 8vo., black cloth in dust jacket 288 pages. Signed copies of this title are uncommon. Shea Award for his distinguished contribution to aviation, and is a Distinguished Lecturer for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. SR-71 NightTime Takeoff - 19Sept1984 - Harold Michell 42B. SR-71s were manned by two aviators: a pilot and a Reconnaissance Systems Officer who monitored surveillance systems from the rear cockpit. Graham was the 1999 recipient of the University of Nebraska’s William F. This 43-second video from 1991 shows the NASA SR-71 taking off from Edwards Air Force Base in Californias Mojave Desert. After several years as a crew member, he was further selected to become an instructor pilot, and in 1978 was selected as the Chief, Standardization/Evaluation Division, which included the SR-71, U-2 and T-38 aircraft. All the best! Rich Graham." Colonel Graham was selected to enter the SR-71 strategic reconnaissance program in 1974 at Beale AFB, California. SR-71 Specifications and Performance Two Pratt & Whitney J58 axial-flow turbojets with afterburners, each producing 32,500 lb of thrust, powered the Blackbirds. Signed presentation from Graham on the front endpaper: "To Joe Sheppard, Thanks for being a fan of the SR-71 Blackbird. Foreword by Aviation Historian Jay Miller.
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