Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man on Earth - Hardcover

Ryan, Craig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871406772 ISBN 13: 9780871406774

Verlag: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015

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"[The] remarkable, almost-forgotten story of an aerospace pioneer. ...Ryan's full-length biography uncovers the private man, Stapp's offbeat sense of humor, his awkward love life, his passion for classical music, and his friendships with daring test pilots Chuck Yeager and Joe Kittinger, fellow trailblazers whose fame has persisted. A consistently fine appreciation of the medical maverick who, as much as any other, helped make the Space Age possible." -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "A fine, groundbreaking biography of one of aeromedical sciences' more legendary figures." -- John Carver Edwards - Library Journal, Starred review

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Sixty years ago, cars and aeroplanes were deathtraps waiting to happen. Today, both are safer than they were, thanks in part to a pioneering US Air Force doctor's research on seatbelts and ejection seats. The exploits of John Paul Stapp (1910-1999) come to life in this biography of a man who was once blasted across the desert in his Sonic Wind rocket sledge, only to be slammed to a stop in barely a second. The experiment put him on the cover of Time magazine and allowed his swashbuckling team to gather the data needed to revolutionise car and aeroplane design. From the high-altitude balloon tests that ensued to the battles for car safety legislation, Craig Ryan's book is as much a history of the transition into the Jet Age as it is a biography of the man who got us there more safely.

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• Verlag: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0871406772
• ISBN 13: 9780871406774
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432