Overview

This detailed account of record-setting aircraft like the X-1 and X-15, flown by Chuck Yeager and others, includes all the cutting edge NASA and Defence Department programmes that perfected the aeronautical concepts and technology used in U.S. military, space, and commercial craft. This edition has been updated with new and recently released information, including three new chapters, dozens of rare photographs and the complete statistical record of nearly six decades of testing.

ISBN-13

9781588341341

ISBN-10

1588341348

Weight

2.12 Pounds

Dimensions

6.25 x 1.75 x 9.50 In

List Price

$34.95

Edition

2nd Edition

Format

Hardcover

Pages

561 pages

Publisher

Smithsonian

Published On

2003-04-17



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