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English Year 1960
Table of contents :
Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Whole Nine Yards
2. A Record High
3. Gaining Speed
4. Naval Engagement
5. Changing Course
6. Straight and Steady
7. Skipping Out
8. On a Roll
9. Inconel Meets Celluloid
10. Fastest Man Alive
11. Chasing Experiments
12. In the Line of Duty
13. Snow at Edwards
Afterword
Glossary
Sources
Index
Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Whole Nine Yards
2. A Record High
3. Gaining Speed
4. Naval Engagement
5. Changing Course
6. Straight and Steady
7. Skipping Out
8. On a Roll
9. Inconel Meets Celluloid
10. Fastest Man Alive
11. Chasing Experiments
12. In the Line of Duty
13. Snow at Edwards
Afterword
Glossary
Sources
Index
