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Sonic Wind - The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man on Earth (Hardcover)
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Sonic Wind - The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man on Earth (Hardcover)
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Sixty years ago, cars and aeroplanes were deathtraps waiting to
happen. Today, both are safer than they were, thanks in part to a
pioneering US Air Force doctor's research on seatbelts and ejection
seats. The exploits of John Paul Stapp (1910-1999) come to life in
this biography of a man who was once blasted across the desert in
his Sonic Wind rocket sledge, only to be slammed to a stop in
barely a second. The experiment put him on the cover of Time
magazine and allowed his swashbuckling team to gather the data
needed to revolutionise car and aeroplane design. From the
high-altitude balloon tests that ensued to the battles for car
safety legislation, Craig Ryan's book is as much a history of the
transition into the Jet Age as it is a biography of the man who got
us there more safely.
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