CHUCK YEAGER and the BELL X-1 – Breaking the Sound Barrier

Inbunden bok. Harry N. Abrams. 2006. 144 sidor.

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As well as telling the story of how Chuck Yeager reached this momentous achievement, the author also profiles the life of a man who became an American hero and celebrity.
• The book is split into five chapters detailing each topic; 'The Man', 'The Aircraft', 'The Engine', 'The Flights' and 'The Celebrity Hero', bringing us to how the Bell X-1 now resides at the museum and is on display to the public.

Dominick Pisano is chair of the Aeronautics Division, and formerly curator of art at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C. F. Robert van der Linden is the curator of special purpose aircraft and commercial aviator in the museum's Aeronautics Division. Frank Winter is the curator of rocketry in the Space History Division of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

" Excellent and concise introduction! – As a novice in aviation engineering and no fan of the glamourisation of military endeavours,I was drawn to this book purely out of interest in the technical battle for speed.
The book covers the full history of the project in a logical and very readable manner,and is carefully produced with extensive and evocative photos.
There is little emphasis on the patriotic or military aspects of the tale,but the participants are given due credit for their courage at the frontiers of technology.
Thoroughly recommended as an introduction to a remarkable story."

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