The Quest for Mach One

A First-Person Account of Breaking the Sound Barrier

Auteurs

• Chuck Yeager
• Bob Cardenas
• Bob Hoover
• Jack Russell
• James Young
• Walter J. Boyne
• Jeffrey Etbell

Paramètres

• 142 pages
• 5 heures de lecture

• Histoires vraies
• Militaire
• Nonfiction
• Technologie & Ingénierie
• Voitures & Transports

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On October 14, 1947, Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager burst through the sound barrier in his Bell X-1 rocket plane by flying faster than Mach 1.0. For the first time, here is the heroic story of the teamwork behind the explosive dawn of the jet age--told by the men who made it happen. 25 color & 100 b&w photos.

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• Année de publication: 1997
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