Download or read book FLYING W/O WINGS written by THOMPSON MILTON O and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1999-04-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a a pilot/engineer participant of NASA's lifting body program, this book documents the adventures, triumphs, setbacks, and fun of pioneering a technology that allowed astronauts to accomplish lifting reentries and precise runway landings.