Title |
Breaking the sound barrier
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Names |
Aaseng, Nathan.
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Book Number |
BR010342
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Braille
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Download Link |
Volume 1.
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Annotation |
A history of aviation showing how one test pilot after another gradually increased the speed of aircraft until on October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager finally broke the sound barrier. Included in this account is information on other pilots such as Frank Whittle, Robert Goddard, Ezra Kotcher, and Lawrence Bell. For grades 6-9.
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Local Subject |
Juvenile Book - JU
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Juvenile Non-Fiction - JN
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Young Adult Book - YA
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Short Book - SH
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Adventure Non-Fiction - ADVNF
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Young Adult Non-Fiction - YN
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Science - Aviation - AVI
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Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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History, United States - HUS
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Audience Notes |
For grades 6-9.
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LC Subject |
High-speed aeronautics - History - Juvenile literature
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Supersonic planes - History - Juvenile literature
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Aeronautics - History - Juvenile literature
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Airplanes - History - Juvenile literature
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Call Number |
j629.132305 JNF
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Language |
English
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Released |
1991
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 1991 (Associated Services for the Blind, transcribing agency. Associated Services for the Blind, distributor)
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Original Publication |
Transcription of: New York : J. Messner, 1992, c1991.
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