The Quest for Mach One
by Chuck Yeager, Bob Cardenas, Jack Russell, James Young
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0670874604
- ISBN 13
- 9780670874606
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Large oversize book, profusially illustrated. Introduction by Walter Boyne, Afterword by Jeffrey Etbell. Signed by Brig. Gen. Cardenas (1929-2022), First Edition. During WW2 was in Army Air Corps, flew B-26 missions over Germany. Shot down over Germany, escaped to Switzerland, then to France and back to England. Flew as a test pilot, including the Flying Wing. True American Hero, born in Mexico, came to the U.S. at age 5. Amazing man. Passed in 2022 and is buried at Miramar National Cemetary. Signed "From this X-1 Team, First We Dreamed, Then we did!"
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Details
- Bookseller
- Juliet Webster (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7637
- Title
- The Quest for Mach One
- Author
- Chuck Yeager, Bob Cardenas, Jack Russell, James Young
- Format/Binding
- White Cloth binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670874604
- ISBN 13
- 9780670874606
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 142 pgs
- Size
- 4to
- Keywords
- Mach One, Sound Barrier, X-1, Chuck Yeager, Robert Cardenas, Test Pilots
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- First Edition
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