Название: Rocket Aircraft U.S.A.
Автор: Erik Bergaust
Издательство: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Год: 1961
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 62
Размер: 26,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

A rocket-powered aircraft or rocket plane is an aircraft that uses a rocket for propulsion, sometimes in addition to airbreathing jet engines. Rocket planes can achieve much higher speeds than similarly sized jet aircraft, but typically for at most a few minutes of powered operation, followed by a glide.