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English Year 1960
Table of contents :
Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Whole Nine Yards
2. A Record High
3. Gaining Speed
4. Naval Engagement
5. Changing Course
6. Straight and Steady
7. Skipping Out
8. On a Roll
9. Inconel Meets Celluloid
10. Fastest Man Alive
11. Chasing Experiments
12. In the Line of Duty
13. Snow at Edwards
Afterword
Glossary
Sources
Index
