Megafast planes
(2016)

Nonfiction

eBook

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Lerner Publishing Group : Made available through hoopla, 2016
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781467795869 (electronic bk.) MWT11572313, 1467795860 (electronic bk.) 11572313
LANGUAGE
English
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Are you ready to take off with the world's fastest supersonic aircraft? Strap yourself in for a trip in the MiG-25 Foxbat interceptor and clock up to 2,100 mph (3,380 kmh/h)! Soar in the NAA X-15 rocket plane, which set a record of 4,520 mph (7,274 km/h) in 1967! Hop into the world's fastest jet, the NASA Hyper X-43 scramjet, but hang on it has the potential to go 7,000 mph (11,265 km/h)! Detailed illustrations put you in the cockpits of these mighty, streaking aircraft, while bite-sized facts explain how they work, their pilots' daring risks, and the thrill of supersonic flight

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