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S/S/T and sonic boom handbook
- Title
- S/S/T and sonic boom handbook / William A. Shurcliff.
- Author
- Shurcliff, William A.
- Publication
- New York : Ballantine Books, [1970]
- ©1970
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 92582.854 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 153 pages : illustrations, map; 18 cm.
- Series Statement
- Ballantine/Friends of the Earth book
- Walden edition.
- Uniform Title
- Walden editions.
- Ballantine/Friends of the Earth book.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 147-153.
- Contents
- $64 billion question -- SST design -- Sonic boom: what is it? -- Sonic boom damage: demonstrations and tests -- Sonic boom annoyance -- Predicted sonic boom effects of a fleet of SSTs -- Dangers in SST flight -- Discomforts in SST flight -- Degradation of environment -- Production, sales, and government hand-out -- Answering the $64 billion question -- Appendix 1: Anti-boom groups -- Appendix 2: Other countries' attitudes toward the sonic boom -- Appendix 3: Misleading statements by the Federal Aviation Administration -- Appendix 4: Reports by the four working panels of the President's SST Ad Hoc Review Committee.
- ISBN
- 0345018710
- 9780345018717
- LCCN
- 71026525
- OCLC
- ocm00178020
- 178020
- SCSB-236120
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library