FASTEST MAN ALIVE by Everest, F. K., Jr. reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

FASTEST MAN ALIVE

by Everest, F. K., Jr.

New York, 1958: E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 253 pages, $4.00

This is the story of the Bell X2 rocket powered research airplane by its test pilot. In this plane the author made 13 of 18 flights and flew to nearly Mach 3 (over 1,900 mph). Details are included on the Xl and X1A airplanes as well.

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III