Tells the story of the American military's flight testing program during the transition to the jet age, told by a Flying Tiger veteran and pioneer test pilot.

Includes index.

Fighter pilot's heaven -- Bombs bursting in air -- Tigercat performance -- Top guns in Texas -- Fighter on first base -- Unstuck in a shooting star -- Travels by yo-yo -- Snow-bound -- Cold-weather testament -- Characters in flight -- Gunsights and highball -- Head-on passes -- An education in flight testing -- The joy of flying low -- Firepower demonstration, May 11, 1948 -- Big airplanes, big year -- The test of the F-84B -- Sonic booms and radar -- Target practice in 1949 -- The last year of heaven.