This is the thrilling story of how test pilots in the USA and UK first pierced the sound barrier in the late 1940s. Much has happened since then, and as recently as 2003 thousands of fare-paying passengers were routinely enjoying intercontinental air travel at speeds of up to Mach 2. The author describes in accessible style the rules and technologies of supersonic flight, ongoing developments in engine and airframe technology, the age of supersonic passenger transports like Concorde, and advances in supersonic fighter and bomber design.
- ISBN10 1852603178
- ISBN13 9781852603175
- Publish Date April 1992
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 23 April 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Haynes Publishing Group
- Imprint Patrick Stephens Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English