Название: Rocket Planes From Sound Barrier to Heat Barrier... (Aviation Classics)
Автор: David Baker
Издательство: Tim Hartley
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 132
Размер: 82,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

Today, modern high performance combat aircraft can easily exceed Mach 2... and some highly refined designs have exceeded Mach 3. Yet there was a time when even the speed of sound was a barrier to fast aircraft. Even as the jet engine was becoming accepted, just after the end of the Second World War, the development of high-speed flight was in its infancy.