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Tables of Contents for On the Frontier
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
viii
 
Foreword to the Second Edition
x
 
Acknowledgments
xi
 
Prologue: A Most Exotic Place
xiv
 
Introduction: An Indispensible Role
xxiii
 
I. Exploring the Supersonic Frontier
1
94
Confronting the Speed of Sound: 1944-1948
2
19
Pioneer Days at Muroc: 1948-1950
21
17
Testing the Shapes of Planes to Come: 1950-1956
38
21
Through Mach 2 and 3: 1951-1959
59
22
Testing Service Aircraft: 1953-1959
81
14
II. Into Space and Back Again
95
102
The X-15 Era: 1959-1968
96
30
Serving Gemini and Apollo: 1962-1967
126
17
Return from Space: The Lifting Bodies: 1962-1975
143
29
Aeronautics, the First ``A'' in NASA: 1966-1976
172
25
III. Pragmatic Pursuits
197
139
A Mansion of Many Rooms: 1970-1976
198
34
Shifting Sand: 1976-1981
232
22
An Uneasy Marriage: 1981-1991
254
34
A Fresh Start, 1991-1999
288
48
Epilogue: ``I Hadn't Missed It After All''
336
2
A Note on Sources
338
3
About the Authors
341
3
Appendix A--Organizational Charts, 1948-1999
344
11
Appendix B--Personnel Summary for FRC/DFRC, Other Aeronautical Centers, and NASA as a Whole
355
2
Appendix C--HSFS/FRC/DFRC Technical Facilities
357
3
Appendix D-- Authorized Funding for Research and Program Management at FRC/DFRC, Other OART/OAST/OAT Centers, and NASA Dryden
360
2
Appendix E-- Muroc Flight Test Unit-DFRC Research Aircraft, 1947-1999
362
16
Appendix F-- X-1 Program Flight Chronology, 1946-1958
378
8
Appendix G-- Douglas D-558 Program Flight Chronology, 1947-1956
386
10
Appendix H-- X-2 Program Flight Chronology, 1954-1956
396
1
Appendix I-- X-3 Program Flight Chronology, 1954-1956
397
2
Appendix J-- X-4 Program Flight Chronology, 1950-1953
399
2
Appendix K-- X-5 Program Flight Chronology, 1952-1955
401
4
Appendix L-- XF-92A Program Flight Chronology, 1953
405
1
Appendix M-- X-15 Program Flight Chronology, 1959-1968
406
9
Appendix N-- Lifting Body Program Flight Chronology, 1966-1975
415
6
Appendix O-- XB-70A Program Flight Chronology, 1967-1969
421
2
Appendix P-- YF---12 Program Flight Chronology, 1969-1978
423
7
Appendix Q-- Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests Flight Chronology, 1977
430
2
Appendix R-- Accident Statistics, 1954-1999
432
3
Appendix S-- Boeing 720B Controlled Impact Demonstration Flight Chronology
435
1
Appendix T-- NF-111A (63-9778) Flight Chronology
436
8
Appendix U-- NKC-135A (55-3129) Flight Chronology
444
2
Appendix V-- F--18 #840 HARV Flight Chronology
446
42
Appendix W-- X-29 Flight Chronology
488
31
Appendix X-- X-31 Flight Chronology
519
22
Appendix Y-- SR-71 Flight Chronology
541
7
Index
548