North American X-15
The revolutionary X-15 remains the fastest manned aircraft ever to fly. Built in the two decades following World War II, it was the most successful of the high-speed X-planes. The only recently broken 'sound barrier' was smashed completely by the X-15, which could hit Mach 6.7 and soar to altitudes above 350,000ft, beyond the edge of space. Several pilots qualified as astronauts by flying above 50 miles altitude in the X-15, including Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon. The three X-15s made 199 flights, testing new technologies and techniques which greatly eased America's entry into manned space travel, and made the Apollo missions and…
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Weitere Autoren: Tooby, Adam (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4728-1991-8
- EAN: 9781472819918
- Produktnummer: 20574561
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 80 S.
- Masse: H18.6 cm x B24.8 cm x D0.5 cm 254 g
- Abbildungen: 200 b/w; 50 col
- Gewicht: 254
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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Peter Davies, illustrated by Adam Tooby
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