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Pages: 81
Pages: 81
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Language: en
Pages: 81
Pages: 81
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-30 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Even before the spectacular success of its X-1 rocket-powered aircraft in breaking the 'sound barrier', the adventurous Bell Aircraft Corporation was already pu
Language: en
Pages: 154
Pages: 154
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-05 - Publisher:
Photographs and text chronicle World War II ace Charles "Chuck" Yeager's quest to fly supersonically and profile the people and aircraft that made it possible f
Language: en
Pages: 416
Pages: 416
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
In 1945 some experts still considered the so-called sound barrier an impenetrable wall, while winged rocket planes remained largely relegated to science fiction
Language: en
Pages: 216
Pages: 216
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988 - Publisher: Crown
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