Higher and Faster: Exploring limits, Breaking barriers

by Jim Mattison, Christopher Theodorou, Kathie Morgan (Editor)

Overview

Higher and Faster, Exploring Limits, Breaking Barriers is a chronicle of the Supersonic Era, profusely illustrated with vivid images and easy-to-read summaries of the advancement of aerospace knowledge.
Go from the early attempts at supersonic flight to record-breaking hypersonic achievement and discover the test pilots and test engineers that risked their lives along the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798990483408
Publisher:	Jim Mattison
Publication date:	05/29/2024
Pages:	122
Sales rank:	749,236
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.33(d)

About the Author

Jim Mattison is an active member of Pacific Coast Air Museum in Santa Rosa, Ca. and leads a team dedicated to preservation of the Museum's aircraft. He has author his memoir "Short Rounds" and also authors children's books under the pen name Milo Yates. He also produces coloring books for sale at the museum giftshop.

Christopher Theopdorou is a member of the USAF Association, American Aviation Historical Society, Flight Test Foundation, and the USAF Museum Foundation. As a member of the California Aerospace Museum located in Sacramento and the Pacific Coast Air Museum located in Santa Rosa, he has provided docent tours since 2014. He is an active F-106 crewmember at both Air Museums.

In his capacity as a professional Recreation Director, he has taught Aerospace History to elementary-age school students over the last 25 years.

Editorial Reviews

It's an interesting book. Rather than focus on all the specs that
usually go in an aircraft book, this goes to "what did it accomplish?"

Sonoma County Historian - Michael Von de Porten