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099    eAudiobook hoopla 
099    eAudiobook hoopla 
100 1  Hampton, Dan,|eauthor. 
245 10 Chasing the demon :|ba secret history of the quest for the
       sound barrier, and the band of American aces who conquered
       it|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cDan Hampton. 
250    Unabridged. 
264  1 [United States] :|bHarperAudio,|c2018. 
264  2 |bMade available through hoopla 
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511 0  Read by John Pruden. 
520    The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot 
       chronicles another thrilling chapter in American aviation 
       history: the race to break the sound barrier. In the 
       aftermath of World War II, the United States accelerated 
       the development of technologies that would give it an 
       advantage over the Soviet Union. Airpower, combined with 
       nuclear weapons, offered a formidable check on Soviet 
       aggression. In 1947, the United States Air Force was 
       established. Meanwhile, scientists and engineers were 
       pioneering a revolutionary new type of aircraft which 
       could do what no other machine had ever done: reach mach 1
       -a speed faster than the movement of sound-which pilots 
       called "the demon." Chasing the Demon recreates an era of 
       excitement and danger, adventure and innovation, when the 
       future of the free world was at stake and American 
       ingenuity took the world from the postwar years to the 
       space age. While the pressure to succeed was high, it was 
       unknown whether man or machine could survive such 
       tremendous speeds. A decorated military pilot with years 
       of experience flying supersonic fighter jets, Dan Hampton 
       reveals in-depth the numerous potential hazards that 
       emerged with the Air Force's test flights: controls broke 
       down, engines flamed out, wings snapped, and planes and 
       pilots disintegrated as they crashed into the desert 
       floor. He also introduces the men who pushed the envelope 
       taking the cockpits of these jets, including World War II 
       ace Major Dick Bong and twenty-four-year-old Captain Chuck
       Yeager, who made history flying the Bell X-1 plane faster 
       than the speed of sound on October 14, 1947. Chasing the 
       Demon recalls this period of the emerging Cold War and the
       brave adventurers pursing the final frontier in aviation. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Aerodynamics, Supersonic|xResearch|zUnited States. 
650  0 High-speed aeronautics|xResearch|zUnited States. 
700 1  Pruden, John,|enarrator. 
710 2  hoopla digital. 
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