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Supersonic flight : the story of the Bell X-1 and Douglas D-558

Title
Supersonic flight : the story of the Bell X-1 and Douglas D-558 / Richard Hallion, introduction by Michael Collins and Melvin B. Zisfein.
Author
Hallion, Richard, 1948-
Publication
New York, Macmillan [1972]

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Additional Authors
  • Collins, Michael, 1930-2021
  • Zisfein, Melvin B.
Description
xxii, 248 pages illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • High-speed aeronautics > History
  • Supersonic planes > Research > History. > United States
  • Bell X-1 (Supersonic plane)
  • Skystreak (Supersonic planes)
  • High-speed aeronautics
  • Supersonic planes > Research
  • Överljudsflygning > historia
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 237-238.
Contents
Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Michael Collins and Melvin B. Zisfein -- Prologue -- Part One The Development of the X-1 and D-558 -- Part Two Through the "Sound Barrier" -- Part Three Through Mach 2 -- Epilogue -- Appendix One. Technical Specifications for the X-1s and D-558s -- Appendix Two. Flight Chronologies of the Research Airplanes -- Bibliographical Note -- Index.
LCCN
72088809
OCLC
  • ocm00524514
  • 524514
  • SCSB-9360754
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library