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 Reference - Against the Wind

Against the Wind offers a comprehensive history of the flight testing that was done at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.


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Reference Shelf

Below is a linked bibliography of historical resources which served as sources for the Historical Overview of the Wright Air Development Center.  Important references will be digitized and made available in pdf format whenever possible.

Reference - The Roswell Report

D 301.82/7:R 73
The Roswell report :
fact versus fiction in the New Mexico desert.

Department of the Air Force
1995

Reference - The Roswell Report Case Closed

D 301.2:R 73
The Roswell report :
case closed

McAndrew, James
Department of the Air Force
1997

Reference - From Huffman Prairie to the Moon

D 301.2:H 62/7
From Huffman Prairie to the Moon: The History of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Walker, Lois E.; Wickam, Shelby E.
Office of History, 2750th Air Base Wing, Wright Patterson Air Force Base

Reference - Birthplace, Home and Future of Aerospace

D 301.2:B 53
Birthplace, Home and Future of Aerospace... The Evolution of Aeronautical Development at the Aeronautical Systems Center
Aeronautical Systems Center History Office, Wright -Patterson Air Force Base
1999

Reference - Beyond Horizons D 301.2:H78/998
Beyond Horizons - A Half Century of Air Force Space Leadership
Spires, David N.  and Bradley, George W. III
Air Force Space Command 
1998
Reference - Hypersonics Before the Shuttle

NAS 1.21:2000-4518
Hypersonics Before the Shuttle: A concise History of the X-15 Research Airplane
Jenkins, Dennis R.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
June 2000

Reference - Against the Wind

D 301.2:W 72/2
Against the Wind: 90 Years of Flight Test in the Miami Valley
History Office, Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command
1994

Reference - 50 Years of Human Engineering D 301.2:H 88
50 Years of Human Engineering: History and Cumulative Bibliography of the Fitts Human Engineering Division
Crew Systems Directorate, Armstrong Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command
1995
Reference - 7 December 1941

Aerospace History - 7 December 1941 The Air Force Story  (Pearl Harbor)

Arakaki, Leatrice R. and Kuborn, John R., 7 December 1941, The Air Force Story (Pearl Harbor). Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.  214 p. 1991

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