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Page 281
... hour , said the air - speed indicator . As our jet plane smoothly gathered momentum , the hand moved up to 510 , to 520 . In a mere training plane we were traveling nearly a hundred miles an hour faster than any American fighting ...
... hour , said the air - speed indicator . As our jet plane smoothly gathered momentum , the hand moved up to 510 , to 520 . In a mere training plane we were traveling nearly a hundred miles an hour faster than any American fighting ...
Page 288
... hour ( page 303 ) . " Will it fly faster than sound ? " I asked a Sabre pilot . " She's rated at .95 , " he replied , " but I be- lieve she'll go over the Mach . " The modern airman's term " Mach , " pro- nounced " Mock , " comes from ...
... hour ( page 303 ) . " Will it fly faster than sound ? " I asked a Sabre pilot . " She's rated at .95 , " he replied , " but I be- lieve she'll go over the Mach . " The modern airman's term " Mach , " pro- nounced " Mock , " comes from ...
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... hours , " he said . " We have an aircraft taking off in an hour to look at a suspicious area over the Bahamas . Why don't you go along ? " So in one of the Navy's hurricane - hunting Privateers we soon were throbbing eastward above the ...
... hours , " he said . " We have an aircraft taking off in an hour to look at a suspicious area over the Bahamas . Why don't you go along ? " So in one of the Navy's hurricane - hunting Privateers we soon were throbbing eastward above the ...
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Copraship Voyage to Fijis Outlying Islands By Marjory C Thomas 121 | viii |
Down the Susquehanna by Canoe By Ralph Gray With 45 illustrations in color from | xvi |
Here Come the Marines By Frederick Simpich 647 | xxii |
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