Supersonic Flight 9781857532531, 1857532538

Supersonic Flight is the story of the most important revolution in aviation history between the Wright Brothers’ first f

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Table of contents :
Introduction to the 1972 Edition
Introduction to the 1997 Edition
Prologue
PART ONE: Forging the Tools
1 Making a Revolution
2 Winged Bullet
3 Flying Test Tube
PART TWO: Through the ‘Sound Barrier’
4 Prelude to Mach 1
5 Beyond Mach 1:
6 The D‑558‑1 Skystreak Flight Programme
PART THREE: Through Mach 2
7 Nudging Towards Twice the Speed of Sound
8 Mach 2 – and Beyond
Epilogue
Appendix One: Technical Specifications for the X‑1s and D‑558s
Appendix Two: Flight Chronicles of the Research Aeroplanes
Bibliographical Note
Notes

Supersonic Flight
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