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Websites
Chuck Yeager
www.chuckyeager.com
The official website of Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier.
Concorde
www.concorde-jet.com
Home of Concorde, the world's most famous supersonic aeroplane. Sadly, it will soon fly for the last time.
De Havilland DH 108 Swallow
www.biic.de/aviation-museum/planes/country/england/planes/68.htm
Photographs and information on the first British plane to break the sound barrier.
Aerospace History Questions – Sound Barrier
www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0011a.shtml
With information about the race to break the sound barrier and other related details.
Sound Barrier
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_barrier
Everything you need to know about the sound barrier and more – including the Prandtl Glauert Singularity, which causes a strange cloud to appear when the sound barrier is broken.
Speedsters
www.esparacing.com/Aviation history/jet age/top speed.htm
Looks at the history of the race to break the sound barrier, including photographs.
Supersonic Flight
http://142.26.194.131/aerodynamics1/High-Speed/default.htm
A range of information, stats and figures on supersonic flight.
Unreal Aircraft – De Havilland DH 108
www.unrealaircraft.com/wings/dh108.php
Feature discussing the wings of the De Havilland DH 108, the first British plane to break the sound barrier.
Books
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Into the Unknown: The X-1 story by Louis C Rotundo and Charles E Yeager (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994)
The story of the first plane to break Mach 1 and beat the sound barrier. Introduced by the pilot of the X-1, Charles Yeager. Buy this book from Amazon |
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Supersonic Flight: Breaking the sound barrier and beyond – the story of the Bell X-1 and Douglas D-558 by Richard P Hallion (Brasseys Inc, 1997)
Tells the story of the technology involved in breaking the sound barrier, focusing on the Bell X-1, in which Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound, and on the Douglas D-558-2, the first aircraft to reach twice the speed of sound. Buy this book from Amazon |
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The Quest for Mach One: A first-person account of breaking the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager, Bob Cardenas, Bob Hoover, Jack Russell, James Young, Dana Marcotte Kilanowski and Mac McKendry (Penguin Studio, 1997)
The inside story of the first flight to break the sound barrier, told by the pilot and the rest of the team involved. Buy this book from Amazon |
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Yeager: An autobiography by Charles Yeager and Leo Janos (Bantam Doubleday Bell Pub, 1985)
A personal account of the life of Chuck Yeager, the man who first broke the sound barrier. This volume charts his early life in the hills of West Virginia to his time as a fighter pilot in the Second World War and, of course, his supersonic flight. Buy this book from Amazon |
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