TY - BOOK AU - Rotundo,Louis C. TI - Into the unknown: the X-1 story SN - 1560983051 (acid-free paper) AV - TL551.5 .R68 1994 U1 - 629.132/305/0973 20 PY - 1994/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Smithsonian Institution Press KW - Bell X-1 (Supersonic plane) KW - High-speed aeronautics KW - History KW - Supersonic planes KW - Research KW - United States KW - Aeronautics KW - sears N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Booklist; Choice; Reference and Research Book News; Booklist, November 1996; Choice, February 2009; Reference and Research Book News, April 2009; Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), April 1961; Adult; Adult; Follett Library Resources N2 - History of the X-1 program from the origins of high-speed research in the 1930s to Chuck Yeager's flight through the sound barrier on October 14, 1947 ER -