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First of these in production was the North American Sabre , which two years ago set an official world's record of a shade over 670 miles an hour ( page 303 ) . " Will it fly faster than sound ? " I asked a Sabre pilot .
First of these in production was the North American Sabre , which two years ago set an official world's record of a shade over 670 miles an hour ( page 303 ) . " Will it fly faster than sound ? " I asked a Sabre pilot .
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Powered by four liquid oxygen and alcohol rockets , the X - 1 usually is launched by dropping from a B - 29 , and was designed to hit 1,000 miles an hour in its two and a half minutes of full - power flight . The Air Force has announced ...
Powered by four liquid oxygen and alcohol rockets , the X - 1 usually is launched by dropping from a B - 29 , and was designed to hit 1,000 miles an hour in its two and a half minutes of full - power flight . The Air Force has announced ...
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For four hours we forded the Oxus , crossing eight separate streams in the mile - wide river bed . The water was swift and ice - cold , and the ... An hour beyond the ford we came to Sar- had , the last military post in the Wakhan .
For four hours we forded the Oxus , crossing eight separate streams in the mile - wide river bed . The water was swift and ice - cold , and the ... An hour beyond the ford we came to Sar- had , the last military post in the Wakhan .
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Contents
Copraship Voyage to Fijis Outlying Islands By Marjory C Thomas 121 | viii |
Delmarva Gift of the Sea By Catherine Bell Palmer With 21 illustrations in color | xix |
Largescale Western Europe Map First in New National Geographic Series Text accom | xxviii |
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