Mach 1 and Beyond: The Illustrated Guide to High-Speed Flight (AVIATION) - Softcover

Reithmaier, Larry

 
9780070520219: Mach 1 and Beyond: The Illustrated Guide to High-Speed Flight (AVIATION)

Synopsis

By taking a complicated subject and making it understandable, Mach 1 and Beyond opens up the compelling world of high-speed flight principles to students, kit builders, pilots, and others. Readers will find material on the gas turbine net engine, aircraft stability and control, the Supersonic Transport, and many other topics.

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About the Author

Larry Reithmaier is a retired mechanical engineer who, while at Rockwell International, helped design and develop the F2H, F3, F86H, F100, F101, and F4 jet fighters, the B-1B bomber, and Apollo and Skylab spacecrafts. The author of several technical books on aviation, he also wrote the Standard Aircraft Handbook for Mechanics and Technicians, Sixth Edition; the Aviation and Space Dictionary; Mach I and Beyond; Private Pilot's Guide; and Aircraft Repair Manual.

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