Название: Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1: Breaking the Sound Barrier
Автор: Dominick A. Pisano, F. Robert van der Linden, Frank H. Winter
Издательство: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
ISBN: 0810955350
Год: 2006
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 152
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 128,9 МБ
Язык: Английский
Each year, millions of visitors flock to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum to look at the Bell X-1 aircraft-the vehicle in which Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947. This in-depth look at the legendary aircraft tells the story of this momentous achievement-how the technology was developed, conflicts were resolved, and Yeager and his fellow pilots became the heroic figures depicted in The Right Stuff. A wealth of historical photographs of the Bell X-1 enriches the text, which includes such fascinating material as Yeager's official memo about the historic flight. This is as close as readers will ever get to being inside the aircraft that paved the way for supersonic flight, thus ushering in the era of space exploration.