SUPERSONIC FLIGHT: Breaking the Sound Barrier and Beyond - The Story of the Bell X-1 and Douglas D-558
Richard P. Hallion
Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Chuck Yeager's first supersonic flight, this edition includes a new introduction and new photographs. The book is a history of the struggle to break the sound barrier. Starting with an introduction co-written by astronaut Michael Collins and a prologue relating the fatal attempt by Britain's Geoffrey de Havilland to break the sound barrier in 1946, the book describes: the basic problems of supersonic flight; the story of the Bell X-1 in which "Chuck" Yeager successfully broke the sound barrier in 1947; and the Douglas D-558, the first aircraft to reach twice the speed of sound.
Catégories:
Année:
1997
Edition:
Revised, Subsequent
Editeur::
Brasseys
Langue:
english
Pages:
288
ISBN 10:
1857532538
ISBN 13:
9781857532531
Fichier:
PDF, 41.39 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1997