The Fastest Man Alive
The Air Force Pilot Who Flew Experimental Rocket Planes Faster and Higher Than Man Ever Had Before...
Everest Frank K. Jr. (Brig. Gen. USAF) - Guenther, John
Bantam Air & Space Series 3
This book was first published in 1958
On an overcast July morning in 1956, miles above the California desert, Frank K. Everest, Jr. - for five years chief test pilot of the U.S. Air Force - achieved a victory which opened the way to rocket-powered flight into boundless space.
Everest and his aircraft - the Bell X-2 - were tested to their limits on that record-breaking flight, which reached the fantastic speed of 1900 miles an hour, approaching Mach 3, or three times the speed of sound.
Test pilots like Everest and Chuck Yeager - the first man to break the sound barrier - risked their lives time and time again to break free of Earth's gravity and pave the way for the gigantic leap into space.
Softcover
208 Seiten / pages
some illustrations
good condition
New York - Toronto - London - Sydney - Auckland - 1990 - Bantam Books
Art.Nr. 16675
