Faster Than Sound

Faster Than Sound PDF Author: Bill Gunston
Publisher: Haynes Manuals
ISBN: 9780857331458
Category : Aerodynamics, Supersonic
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
This is the thrilling story of how test pilots in the USA and UK first pierced the sound barrier in the late 1940s. Much has happened since then, and as recently as 2003 thousands of fare-paying passengers were routinely enjoying intercontinental air travel at speeds of up to Mach 2. The author describes in accessible style the rules and ......