Pisano, Dominick
Summary: Enhanced by more than one hundred historical photographs, chronicles the development of the Bell X-1 aircraft, the craft in which a young test pilot named Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, detailing the development of the technology involved and exploring the impact of the historical achievement.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 2006
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, in association with Harry N. Abrams 2002