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The Smell of Kerosene: A Test Pilot's Odyssey.(Book review)
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September 22, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 Air Force Historical Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The Smell of Kerosene: A Test Pilot's Odyssey. By Donald Mallick with Peter Merlin. Washington D. C. : NASA History Office, 2004 [NASA SP 4108]. Photographs. Notes. Glossary. Appendices. Index. Pp xi, 252. $22. 00 ISBN-030-000-01270-5
What does one have to show for a 30-year career as a NASA test pilot during the "golden age" of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center? Answer: an aviation biography that reads like a fantasy list of incredibly varied aircraft test flown from the late 1950s through the late 1980s. This book chronicles the career of Donald Mallick, a military aviator turned civilian test pilot, who was there in the waning days of NACA and the early years of its ...
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