Come Up and Get Me: An Autobiography of Colonel Joe Kittinger
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (787 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826348041 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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. From the Inside Flap Kittinger, joined by author Craig Ryan, documents the heights of his extraordinary aeronautical career
His primary goal was a solitary circumnavigation of the globe, and in its pursuit he set several ballooning distance records, including the first solo crossing of the Atlantic in 1984. Ironically, Kittinger and his pre-astronaut colleagues would help propel Americans into space using the world's oldest flying machine--the balloon. Kittinger's work on Project Excelsior--which involved daring high-altitude bailout tests--earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross long before he earned a collection of medals in Vietnam. A few years after his release from a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp in 1973, Colonel Joseph Kittinger retired from the Air Force. Restless and unchallenged, he turned to ballooning, a lifelong passion as well as a con
Come Up and Get Me James Streckfus Come Up and Get Me: An Autobiography of Colonel Joseph KittingerIn Come Up and Get Me, Joe Kittinger calls Col. John Paul Stapp the bravest man he ever met. The bravest man I have ever met is Joe Kittinger. "Col. Joe," Air Force test pilot, Air Force figh. max kohnke said Five Stars. Loved it. Quite a guy, quite a life and he is still going strong!. "Five Stars" according to Walt S.. Excellent book!
Craig Ryan is the author of Magnificent Failure: Free Fall from the Edge of Space and The Pre-Astronauts: Manned Ballooning on the Threshold of Space. He lives in Portland, Oregon.