Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1
Subtitle: breaking the sound barrier
By: Dominick A. Pisano, F. Robert van der Linden, and Frank H. Winter.
Contributors: Van der Linden, F. Robert.; Winter, Frank H.
Publisher: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Yeager, Chuck, 1923-; Air pilots -- United States -- Biography; High-speed aeronautics -- History; Bell X-1 (Supersonic planes)
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The man by Dominick A. Pisano; title: The aircraft by F. Robert van der Linden; title: The engine by Frank H. Winter; title: The flights by F. Robert van der Linden; title: The celebrity hero by Dominick A. Pisano.