Outpacing the sun, 1,132 m.p.h. : the story of the record-shattering Fairey Delta, of the man who flew it and the men who built and designed it, how a speed of 20 miles a minute was measured 7 1/2 miles above the earth

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Accession number

7741

Description

Cover title. Includes advertising.

Signature/Marks and Type

160 Hand-written
D Watson Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

31 p. : ill., diagrs., map ; 30 cm.

Credit line

1956. Outpacing the sun, 1,132 m.p.h. : the story of the record-shattering Fairey Delta, of the man who flew it and the men who built and designed it, how a speed of 20 miles a minute was measured 7 1/2 miles above the earth, 7741. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Serial Periodical Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

London Greater London England Great Britain British Isles Europe Great Britain United Kingdom

Subject: all levels

Fairey airplanes Jet planes Flight testing Airplanes

Collection type

Published Titles Walsh Memorial Library

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