Magic Menace Spaceshipone by Binnie Brian (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Limited Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited. Signed inscription on title page. Includes two photos of Binnie, a signed post card, a signed SpaceShipOne card. Like new. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover, large format. Condition: excellent condition, new book. With a forword by Burt Rutan, founder of Scaled Composites and designer of SpaceShipOne. - - In 2004 the history of manned spaceflight took another step forward when the first privately funded, privately built and privately piloted craft reached space. not once, but twice - within five days to claim the Ansari XPRIZE. - Here in the authentic words of the second of those pilots, whose world record-breaking flight to 70 miles clinched the prize, is the history of SpaceShipOne's development, testing, and eventual triumph. Never-before-seen photos, diagrams and insider explanations make the successes and failures - the magic and the menace - come to life. - More than that, it's the story of a personal arc that took a Scottish kid out of the highlands, into naval aviation, to test pilot. and finally on a nail-biting, all-or-nothing gamble into that black sky. - Only five manned craft hang in the National Air and Space Museum's "Milestones of Flight" Hall. SpaceShipOne is among them. This book tells why. 398 p. photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto. 8.75 x 11.25 in. 396 pp. Occasionally illustrated with color reproductions of photographs, diagrams, etc. Near fine in original glossy pictorial paper-covered boards with faint shelfwear. Inscribed on the half-title page by Binnie with an additional signed 6x9in. print of the "X2" flight of SpaceShipOne in October 2004, another signed headshot of Binnie, also signed, and three other laid-in prints. Also laid-in is a gift inscription card from Allen Baher, "Zoomie", to the recipient Kevin. Baher shared the title of department head with Binnie in VFA-195 in 1991-1993. From an edition of 500, of which this is hand-numbered by Binnie as number 53.