Mach 1 and Beyond: The Illustrated Guide to High-Speed Flight

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This compelling book opens up the world of high-speed flight to readers who do not have extensive technical backgrounds

Covering both subsonic and supersonic flight, it demystifies the world of high-speed aerodynamics, flight principles, gas turbine jets, and more. You'll learn why there are no supersonic airliners, what problems confront designers of 2,000-mph aircraft, and whether or not a hypersonic, or Mach 5, airplane is likely to be built.


Author: Larry Reithmaier
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 08/22/1994
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.26h x 7.39w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780070520219

About the Author
Reithmaier, Larry: - 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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