Breaking the Sound Barrier

by Heather Moore Niver

Overview

For a long time, aviation experts and pilots thought aircraft couldn’t fly faster than the speed of sound. They believed there was a point where the plane and pilot would just explode! They called it the sound barrier. In 1947, Chuck Yeager proved that to be untrue, and in 2012, a skydiver broke the sound barrier without a plane to fly in! From the challenges of airplane technology to daredevil parachutists, the story of breaking the sound barrier is one that will have readers on the edge of their seat. Full-color images and detailed sidebars take history to new heights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781482420319
Publisher:	Gareth Stevens Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Series:	Incredible True Adventures
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

Table of Contents

Fast, Faster, Fastest! 4

Faster Than the Speed of…Sound? 6

Seriously Supersonic 8

Boom! 10

The Extraspecial X-1 12

Up in the Air with Yeager 14

Lucky Number 9 16

Mightier Mach 2 18

New Shape 20

Traveling with the Wind and Stars 22

Fast and Furious Free Falls 24

Supersonic Skydives 26

Hypersonic! 28

Glossary 30

For More Information 31

Index 32