Higher and faster: memoir of a pioneering air force test pilot
Auteur :
White, Robert M. / Summers, Jack L.
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9780786449897
Date de publication :
28 oct. 2010
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
386 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The story of Robert White, who in 1961 flew a hypersonic rocket-powered aeroplane six times faster than the speed of sound and higher than 300,000 feet above the Earth's surface. Tracing his childhood in Manhattan during the Depression, his years as a pil