Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1
Author(s): Dominick Pisano
As well as telling the story of how Chuck Yeager reached a momentous achievement, this book also profiles the life of a man who became an American hero and celebrity. It is split into five chapters detailing each topic: 'The Man', 'The Aircraft', 'The Engine', 'The Flights', and 'The Celebrity Hero'.
Product Information
Dominick Pisano is chair of the Aeronautics Division, and formerly curator of art at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C. F. Robert van der Linden is the curator of special purpose aircraft and commercial aviator in the museum's Aeronautics Division. Frank Winter is the curator of rocketry in the Space History Division of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.
General Fields
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- : harryn
- : harryn
- : 0.76
- : 31 March 2006
- : 260mm X 197mm X 17mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Dominick Pisano
- : Hardback
- : 629.13092
- : 144
- : cl29/bw96/tt125 illustrations, cl/bw/tt photographs
