Table of contents : Contents Foreword A Note on Speed “A Modern-Day Lindbergh” The Gypsy Caravan A Sense of Urgency Excitement and Frustration An Unusual Heritage An Isolated Environment “Take Her Up and Try a Spin” Change and Challenge Manhood and Maturity No Penalty for Being Late How Dark the Clouds A Short Man with Santa Claus Eyebrows “Barefoot Boy with Cheek” The Need for Speed Disaster on the Race Track Bright Light Under a Bush Light in the Open “Fastest Man on Earth” “Leaf in a Tempest” “Please Come to a Complete Stop” End of the Line End of an Era Secrets in the Cafeteria Ullage and Capsules Girdles, Brassieres, and Shattered Sinuses The Agricultural Approach A Tornado Named Stormy Wilting Straws in Plaster of Paris Eyes Toward Space Muting the Cassandras Working in a Fish Bowl Time for Extraordinary Action Circus Day A Carnival at Dawn Smoke in the Cockpit The Reluctant Dragon Engulfed in Disappointment “She Blew Sky High” The Old Pro Bad News with the Good “You Have a Fire!” Minor Miracles “The Real Significance” “Prophecies of the Next Age” Chronology