"Living in the Future" by Dan Raymer

Conceptual aircraft design Dan Raymer has recently published his
memoirs. In it he describes a number of his design projects, such as:
* Rockwell’s earliest Advanced Tactical Fighter (eventually became the
F-22)
* the Rockwell Delta Spanloader stealthy bomber
* the X-31 (did you know some thought was given to building it out of
an F-86???)
* a Lockheed ASTOVL fighter series that was a predecessor to the F-35
* the “Black Horse” and Pioneer Rocketplane “Pathfinder”
* several small ground attack planes (including one with a slewable
wing)
* the Hot Eagle/SUSTAIN concept to shoot a dozen or so crazed Marines
in a rocket vehicle anywhere in the world
* a launch vehicle that uses sunlight, of all things

I've posted a review and links to bying the book he
http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=5322