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Supersonic Flight: Breaking the Sound Barrier and Beyond - Story of the Bell X-1 and Douglas D-558 (Hardcover)

by Richard P. Hallion (Author, Introduction), Michael Collins (Introduction)
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  • Hardcover: 268 pages
  • Publisher: Brassey's (UK) Ltd; Revised edition edition (31 Dec 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857532538
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857532531
  • Product Dimensions: 24 x 16.2 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 895,497 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Chuck Yeager's first supersonic flight, this edition includes a new introduction and new photographs. The book is a history of the struggle to break the sound barrier. Starting with an introduction co-written by astronaut Michael Collins and a prologue relating the fatal attempt by Britain's Geoffrey de Havilland to break the sound barrier in 1946, the book describes: the basic problems of supersonic flight; the story of the Bell X-1 in which "Chuck" Yeager successfully broke the sound barrier in 1947; and the Douglas D-558, the first aircraft to reach twice the speed of sound.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is one of the two books on the subject you MUST read., 14 Oct 1998
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This is a classic in the field. The only other book on the subject is "Into The Unknown: The X-1 Story," which prompted Hallion's revised edition.

Into the Unknown is also highly recommended.

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