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Article: Contrails Over The Mojave: The Golden Age of Jet Fighter Testing at Edwards Air Force Base.(Book review)
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- September 1, 2009
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CONTRAILS OVER THE MOJAVE: The Golden Age of Jet Fighter Testing at Edwards Air Force Base
by George J. Marrett, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., 2008, $29.95.
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There is always an "inside" story behind the testing of military jet aircraft before they are released into the active inventory. After the usual sequence of design and production, each new jet trainer, fighter, bomber and transport must be put through the most rigorous flight tests that can be devised to assure crew safety and mission capability.
The golden age of jet testing, according to George Marrett, was the period following World War II when ...