- Jenkins, Dennis R. and Tony R. Landis. Hypersonic: The Story of the North
American X-15. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press,
2003. ISBN 1-58007-068-X.
- Specialty Press have drastically raised the bar
in aviation history publishing. This volume, like the B-36
(August 2003) and XB-70A (September 2003) books mentioned previously
here, combines coffee-table book production values, comprehensive
historical coverage, and abundant technical details. Virtually
absent are the typographical errors, mis-captioned photographs, and
poorly reproduced colour photos which too often mar well-intended
aviation books from other publishers. In their research, the
authors located many more historical photographs than they could
include in this book (which has more than 550). The companion X-15 Photo Scrapbook includes 400
additional significant photos, many never before published.
March 2004 