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Breaking the Sound Barrier

Heather Moore Niver

Paperback (Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 1, 2015)

For a long time, aviation experts and pilots thought aircraft couldnt 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.

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Breaking the Sound Barrier

Heather Moore Niver

Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 1, 2015)

Traces the effort to go faster than the speed of sound, first in airplanes and then by skydivers, examines the science behind it, and considers the possibility of hypersonic flight, five or more times the speed of sound.