Sled Driver - Flying the World's Fastest Jet. Signed by author and pilot of the legendary SR-71 Blackbird! First printing of the Second Edition. Very small wrinkle in the dust jacket (protected in mylar) at the top of the spine.
"No craft ever captured the curiosity and fascination of the public like the SR-71 Blackbird. Nicknamed "The Sled" by those few who flew it, the aircraft was shrouded in secrecy from its inception. Entering the U.S. Air Force inventory in 1966, the SR-71 was the fastest, highest-flying jet aircraft in the world... When it was retired from active service in 1990, all of its speed and altitude records were still untouched... Now for the first time, a Blackbird pilot shares his unique experience of what it was like to fly this legend of aviation history"