Rocket Boys: The Exhilarating Exploits of the Early Mach Busters from 1945 onwards

This narrative chronicles pioneers who propelled aviation beyond limits through fearless rocket-powered flight.

This is a tale of the generation of test pilots flying experimental aircraft powered by rocket motors during the period from 1945 to the mid-1970s. It is not a technical description of the aircraft they flew but the narrative of the men who built the machines and the pilots who took to the air to achieve unprecedented speeds and altitudes unequalled to the present. It is a human st...