| Author | Friedlander, Mark P.
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| Title | Higher, faster, and farther / by Mark P. Friedlander, Jr. and Gene Gurney.
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| Published | New York : Morrow, 1973.
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| Description | 349 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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| ISBN | 0688002048 |
| ISBN | 9780688002046 |
| General Note | Clifford W. Henderson National Air Races Collection book # 125
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| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: A thousand miles per hour -- The airplane goes faster -- The rocket airplane carries man to record speeds -- Balloons study space first -- The airplane reaches outer space -- The balloon answers the first challenge of the sky -- The balloon goes farther -- The dirigible goes around the world -- Aviators reach for distant shores -- The airplane circles the world -- Over the North Pole by air -- A long flight across the Pacific -- Faster and faster around the world -- Man goes to the moon.
Appendices. Record flights -- Appendix 1: Official F.A.I. Records -- Appendix 2: Official F.A.I. Absolute World Records (Maximum Performance in Any Class) -- Appendix 3: Official F.A.I. World Class Balloon Records -- Appendix 4: Official F.A.I. World Class Dirigible Records -- Appendix 5: Official F.A.I. World Records for Altitude -- Appendix 6: Official F.A.I. World Records for Maximum Speed -- Appendix 7: Official F.A.I. World Records for Distance -- Appendix 8: Selected Chronology of Round-the-World Flights -- Appendix 9: Selected Chronology of Transcontinental Flights -- Appendix 10: Selected Chronology of Transatlantic Flights -- Appendix 11: Selected Chronology of Transpacific Flights -- Appendix 12: Selected Chronology of Polar Flights -- Appendix 13: Selected Chronology of X-Model Rocket Aircraft Flights -- Appendix 14: Selected F.A.I. Manned Spacecraft Record Flights.
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| Summary Note | Summary: "This book is an account of selected flights for speed, distance, altitude, and duration in all areas of aviation from early hot air balloons to spacecraft. It includes a number of pioneer flights, and highlights the more spectacular and significant record-setting aerial adventures--the tragedies as well as the triumphs. Many of the flights are famous in aviation lore. Others are not widely known. Some of the early around-the-world trips are of special interest, including the achievement of two U.S. Army DH-4s in 1924 and the incomparable journey of the Graf Zeppelin in 1929. Higher, Faster and Farther presents a broad sweep of aviation history through the experiences of the balloonists, aviators, and astronauts whose courage and competence have helped to establish aviation records. An important feature of this book is the appendix, which lists for the first time in book form all of the major, official world aviation and space records of the National Aeronautic Association--United States representative of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (F.A.I.)." --William Morrow & Company, Inc.
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| Subjects | Aeronautics -- Competitions.
Aeronautics -- Flights.
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| Other Authors | Gurney, Gene, author.
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| LC Card Number | 73-9377 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: TL 515 F911 1973
CA-1902969: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 68188] |
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