Abstract
Among professional pilots, there’s a well-worn saying: ”Flying is simply hours of boredom punctuated by moments of stark terror.” It’s an adage that Lockheed test pilot Bill Weaver can relate to. In january 1986, Weaver, together with flighttest specialist jim Zwayer, was evaluating systems on an SR-71 (Figure 6.1) during a Blackbird test from Edwards Air Force Base.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Seedhouse, E. (2013). Punching Out. In: Pulling G. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3030-8_6
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3030-8_6
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-3029-2
Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-3030-8
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)