Donald L. Mallick
Autore di The Smell of Kerosene: A Test Pilot's Odyssey
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Fonte dell'immagine: YF-12A #935 and test pilot Donald L. Mallick, 1972
Opere di Donald L. Mallick
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1930-10-04
- Sesso
- male
- Luogo di nascita
- Sewickley, Pennsylvania, USA
- Breve biografia
- Donald L. Mallick was an American pilot at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center from 1963 - 1981. He later became the Deputy Chief for the Dryden Aircraft Operations Division. Mallick attended Penn State University for college, and served in the United States Navy Reserves, and in 1957 he graduated from the University of Florida with his masters degree in engineering. In 1970 he officially retired from the Navy after achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Mallick served the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics as a test pilot from 1957 - 1963. In 1963 he became a pilot at the Dryden Flight Research Center, and in 1967 he was promoted to Chief Pilot. While there he was a project pilot on both the YF-12 and XB-70A research programs
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 1
- Utenti
- 21
- Popolarità
- #570,576
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 6
I would have enjoyed reading a bit more about the General Aviation flight testing he was involved in,especially because he flew some aircraft that had less than safe reputations along with the Wing Derringer but I am probably in the minority.
Other than a few oblique comments such as "the Seventies were turbulent times." Discussion about politics and the general take over by and orientation towards space flight is generally minimal. In my opinion Mr. Mallick has been very generous towards NASA in what he has not discussed, instead remaining focused for the most part on his career and the aircraft he flew.
Highly recommended for those with an interest in Test Flight, Aviation History, and the history of the NASA Lifting Body Program.… (altro)