TEST FLYING AT OLD WRIGHT FIELD
Westchester House, 1991. Item #2457
CHILSTROM, Ken. TEST FLYING AT OLD WRIGHT FIELD. Stories collected by Ken Chilstrom. Edited and Typeset by Penn Leary. Omaha, Nebraska: Westchester House, 1991. Small quarto, printed wraps; 222 pages. First Edition. A book written by test pilots and engineers about their exploits at the famous Wright Field near Dayton, Ohio- the war and peacetime test center of the U.S. Air Force. Contains 60 stories covering the 1920s through the 1950s. Signed presentation by Nathan R. (Rosie) Rosengarten, a contributor of eight stories, on the title page: "For Keith D. Boyer, Stories of yesteryear told by men and women who knew the risk and accepted the challenge. Most survived and a few made the Supreme Sacrifice. To the latter this book is dedicated. As with most men who have served in uniform, until they are laid to rest, they ask an answer to: `Why them and not me?' Best Wishes, Nathan R. Rosengarten. Col., USAF (ret). 1 May, 1992." Very Good (few light creases with one heavy crease at top corner of title page; contents clean & tight). $75.00.
Price: $75.00