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001 2013036904
003 DLC
005 20140812080938.0
008 130916s2014 mnua 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013036904
020 $a9780760344453 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-ca
050 00 $aTL789.8.U6$bX513 2014
082 00 $a629.133/38$223
084 $aTEC002000$aTRA002010$aHIS036060$2bisacsh
100 1 $aAnderson, John,$d1937-
245 10 $aX-15 :$bthe world's fastest rocket plane and the pilots who ushered in the space age /$cJohn Anderson and Richard Passman.
246 30 $aWorld's fastest rocket plane and the pilots who ushered in the space age
264 1 $aMinneapolis, [Minnesota] :$bZenith Press,$c2014.
300 $a144 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c27 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aSmithsonian series
500 $aIncludes index
520 $a"The X-15, which flew from 1959-1970, is still the most advanced research aircraft ever developed and flown, and hangs in a place of honor in the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. Its test pilots not only reached the edge of space, but their skill and daring helped engineers understand hypersonic speed and thus pave the way for the Space Shuttle"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aX-15 (Rocket aircraft)$xHistory.
650 0 $aAerodynamics, Hypersonic$xResearch$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 7 $aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aTRANSPORTATION / Aviation / History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aPassman, Richard.