Buy this book on-line HALLION, RICHARD : Supersonic Flight - the Story of the Bell X-1 and Douglas D-558Macmillan Co., New York, 1972
Introduction by Michael Collins and Melvin B. Zisfein. 248 pages, 8 plates, text illustrations, cloth, dj, very good. 1st printing. From the publisher: Beginning with Caldwell and Fales's pioneering studies in 1918 and continuing through the retirement of the Bell X-1 in 1958, he recounts the entire early history of supersonic flight. Through extensive research - including interviews with many of the men who designed, built and flew the historic planes, he reconstructs every important step: the frustrations of wind-tunnel research on compressibility; the balancing of risks against the needs of a nation at war; the commitment of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics to the Air Force-sponsored Bell X-1 and the Navy-sponsored Douglas D-558; the goals and achievements of the supersonic flight testing program. ; 248 pages, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of HALLION, RICHARD : Supersonic Flight - the Story of the Bell X-1 and Douglas D-558. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, rare books, incunabula, fine bindings and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |