Sled Driver Flying Worlds (16 results)

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Good. Scuffing and rubbing to the dust jacket. Rubbing to the cover board edges + corners. EU ORDERS OVER EUR 150 REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO COVER IMPORT COSTS (GENERALLY 6-15% OF THE ORDER VALUE). WE WILL CONTACT YOU BEFORE ACCEPTING THE ORDER. ORDERS WILL BE REJECTED IF THE ADDITIONAL CHARGE IS NOT ACCEPTED.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Third Edition; First Printing. Third edition, first printing. Hard cover published by MACH 1 in 1991. Corners of covers and ends of spine have rubbing, and upper corners are slightly bumped, with some wrinkling. Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket has some wear at upper back corner, some wrinkling at top of spine, and is in very good condition. 4to, 150 pages, 2.4 lb.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 150 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. "Second Edition" stated on front panel of dust jacket and title page. "First printing, 1991" stated on copyright page. Near fine plus, if not fine 151 page hardback in near fine plus, if not fine unpriced, unclipped dust jacket. Only trivial signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket: primarily to rear panel of dust jacket. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition, Limited Edition. Limited edition, number 118 of 3680 copies. Signed by four key individuals: (1) the first man to fly the SR-71, Robert Gilliland; (2) the man who flew the final speed record flight across America 26 years later, Ed Yeilding; (3) author and SR-71 pilot Brian Shul; and (4) his backseater Walt Watson, co-author of The Untouchables and the only black officer ever to fly in the SR-71 program. Limited to 3680 copies, that oddly specific number being a direct nod to the extreme capabilities of the aircraft and Brian Shul's personal history in the cockpit: Mach 3.68 was the highest top speed Brian Shul ever officially reached while piloting the SR-71 Blackbird. This 2003 edition is the second edition of this book first published in 1992. This revised edition is an "extraordinary work that outshines the original on all fronts" (Flight Books Review by William Orr, Military Historian, May 2002). This edition is now artistically printed in a horizontal landscape format, enabling full frame viewing of all those horizontal photos that were so popular in the original. In this edition, Shul has included only the very best of the photographs from the original, including some new ones seen for the first time. In addition to his own prized photographs, Shul has included in the book selected images from the private collection of famed Lockheed photographer Eric Schulzinger, making this the definitive SR-71 photo album. The text too, has been expanded and in some places rewritten for better clarity. Additionally, some new stories and sections have been added, seamlessly keeping the same flavor and charm of the original and giving the book an added twenty pages. "Those who enjoyed reading the first book will simply fall in love with this one. It is lavishly printed in a large format and just has more of all the things that made the original a favorite with everyone who read it" (William Orr). 168 pages, color illustrations. Oblong quarto. Cloth-bound with gold-edged pages. Book only; lacks the clamshell box, COA, and embroidered emblem with which it was issued. Very good condition. Mild shelfwear and fading to covers. Spot of soil on the title page and underside of the embossed limitation stamp. Shallow dent to fore edge. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The true first edition. As stated on the copyright page, First printing, 1991. There is no statement of Second or Third Edition on the dustjacket or the copyright page. The corners and spine ends of the boards are very lightly pushed but not rubbed, there is virtually no shelf wear to the binding. The dustjacket has a bit of crinkling at the spine ends, no rubbing at the corners. At this writing (summer 2026) we see no online offerings of the true first edition; only the second and third editions of the Mach 1 publication and the subsequent issues by other publishers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 3rd Edition. Copyright page states 1st printing. Dust jacket states 3rd edition. Dust jacket includes reviews dated 1992. Included with the book is a video cassett6e titled "SR-71 From SAC to NASA Secrets revealed". Book has bumps to upper corner of front board, upper edge of back board and lower corner of back board with a couple light dents to front board, also, a small grease spot showing on both sides of 2nd and third end pages. Dust jacket has a tiny spot to inside front flap and some edge crinkles mostly at corners and spines and a small patch of abrasion spots on front panel. Video has light wear to cover opening. Cassette has no noticeable problems.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

HARDBACK BLACK. Condition: . JACKET: VG. 1ST PR. Near mint condition, signed by author in front endpaper, great gilt lettering on cover and spine, contains colour photographs and frontispiece. Includes order form from Mach 1, Inc publishing company. Inscription reads ' To Gene, Wishing you the best of everything in your flying career - I hope you enjoy the book, and keep your mach up!, Cheers Brian Shul 30 Nov 93" DATE PUBLISHED: 1991 EDITION: 1ST PR 151.…

hardcover. Condition: new.

Condition: Good. Chico, CA: Mach 1, Inc., 1991. 3rd edition, 1st printing. 4to black cloth with gilt titling in pictorial dust cover. 151pp. Color Photos. Near Very Good book and Very Good dust jacket. Book slanted, else VG. An exhilarating firsthand account of piloting the SR-71 Blackbird, revealing the extraordinary experiences and challenges of flying this legendary aircraft. (Aviation, Technology, Supersonic) Inquire if you need further information. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Very Good. 1st Printing. Brian Shul's personalized inscription on ffep. Inscribed by Author(s).

HARD BACK BLACK. SIGNED ED. very good cloth cover and spine. gold gilt lettering to front cover and spine. DJ is slighty bent to right side of front and to front flap. signed by the author to 3rd endpage which states "best wishes and hope you enjoy the book. Cheers, Brian Shul 24 Apr 92". very clean endpapers. pages are very clean. colored photographic illustrations throughout. DATE PUBLISHED: 1991 EDITION: SIGNED ED 151 VERY GOOD. JACKET: VERY GOOD DJ.…

HARD BACK BLACK. THIRD ED. FIRST EDITION THIRD PRINTING Signed by Author, with small insciption on front endpaper. Colored illustrations. No bookplate. Tight and clean binding. Bright gold gilt on cover and spine. After 20 years and 5000 hours in fighter jets, Shul retired from the Air Force in 1990 and went on to pursue his writing and photographic interests. In addition to running his own photo studio in northern California, he has authored seven books on flying and flight photography. His first two books (Sled Driver: Flying The World's Fastest Jet[2] and The Untouchables[3]) are about flying the SR-71 Blackbird and give the reader a first-hand account of being in the cockpit of the world's fastest jet DATE PUBLISHED: 1991 EDITION: THIRD ED 151 VERY GOOD. JACKET: VERY GOOD DJ.…

HARDCOVER. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD. THIRD EDITION~FIRST PRINTING, 1991~2 PHOTO FILES INCLUDED (LOCKHEED F-117 NIGHTHAWK AND LOCKHEED SR-71 BLACKBIRD~AN EXTREMELY CLEAN AND BRIGHT UNMARKED COPY OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0929823087. Oversized Hardback. First printing from 1991 as stated on the copyright page. Third Edition as stated on the front cover of the dustjacket. Book is in Near Fine condition, a tight bright attractive copy with no markings to the book. Dustjacket is in Near Fine condition, with no creasing and no chipping, The dustjacket has been placed in a Brodart protective cover by us to protect it and it looks much better than described. . This does not affect the dustjacket in any way, as all taping is done on the outside of the protector. A beautiful copy in as new condition. This book is Sled Driver: Flying the World's Fastest Jet Third Edition. No Signature.…

HARD BACK BLUE. SECOND ED. FIRST EDITION SECOND PRINTING Sled Driver Flying the World's Fastest Jet by Brian Shul. Signed Inscribed by author dated 30th April 1994. Presented to Joe Grant While JOE was in hospital Recovering from a head injury while cutting a tree with a chain saw. Signed by the following. To Joe Grant, Sorry i missed you at the IOC! Best regards and I sincerly hope you enjoy the book! Cheers, Brian Shul 30 April 1994. 3 pages with greetings. DATE PUBLISHED: 1991 EDITION: SECOND ED 151 VERY GOOD. JACKET: VERY GOOD DJ.…