My Adventures with the X-15 Rocket Plane
What does it take to write a book? Some authors will tell you it is easy, that the story just pours out from their brain to the page. Others will tell a much different story, especially when it comes to writing non-fiction aerospace history, such as the task I created for myself. However, it was a task I enjoyed from beginning to end. I consider it an adventure to have been able to write my book “The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the First Wings into Space.” It is an adventure that has spanned decades, and is still going on today.
In this presentation, I share my personal journey that started in kindergarten with the idea of someday becoming an author, then my father
taking me on field trips to Edwards AFB, which gave me a first-hand look at the X-15, which, in turn, led to my fascination with this amazing, innovative, and consequential aircraft. It took decades before I put it all together to understand that this was the perfect subject for the book I wanted to write. From there it took 30 more years of interviews, research, and writing to get to the completed manuscript, yet even then my journey was just beginning. Today I travel the world and speak about the X-15, and tell the stories about not only the rocket plane itself, but all the people who made it the highest and fastest, as well as the most successful, research aircraft to ever take to the skies. Come and share this adventure with me.
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- Date: 19 Sep 2024
- Time: 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM
- All times are (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
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- Westlake Village, California
- United States
- Starts 01 August 2024 12:00 AM
- Ends 19 September 2024 12:00 AM
- All times are (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
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Michelle Evans
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About the Speaker:
Michelle Evans is the founder of Mach 25 Media (www.Mach25Media.com) and is a writer, photographer, and communications specialist in aerospace. She has written the bestselling book “The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the First Wings into Space” which was published by the University of Nebraska Press as part of their “Outward Odyssey, People's History of Spaceflight” series.
Michelle's background in aerospace engineering includes serving in the US Air Force working on missile systems, and later in private industry
accomplishing environmental testing for systems used in airliners and spacecraft. She has accomplished extensive outreach activities on space exploration at science centers, museums, and other venues. This has often involved working closely with astronauts and others involved with the space program. Her current work primarily involves exciting audiences about the X-15 research aircraft at locations across the country, as well as overseas.
Michelle is a Distinguished Speaker with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and her book on the X-15 was a finalist for
the Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature. Michelle received the Diverse Community Leader Award from Orange County Human Relations, and was recognized on the Orange County Register’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in Orange County. She has appeared in numerous publications, including Air & Space Smithsonian, Ad Astra, Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, and New York Times. Michelle had feature stories about her life in both Time and Newsweek magazines. She was a technical consultant on the Neil Armstrong biopic “First Man,” and has consulted with National Geographic television for “The Real Right Stuff.”
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