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08.17: Craig Ryan
2015-07-15 23:03:43| Powells Books Events Calendar
Today, cars and airplanes are safer than ever, thanks in part to one pioneering air force doctor's research on seatbelts and ejection seats. The exploits of John Paul Stapp come to thrilling life in the biography of a Renaissance man who was once blasted — faster than a .45 caliber bullet — across the desert in his Sonic Wind rocket sled, only to be slammed to a stop in barely a second. The experiment put him on the cover of Time magazine and allowed his team to gather the data needed to revolutionize automobile and aircraft design. Craig Ryan's Sonic Wind (Liveright) is as much a history of America's transition into the Jet Age as it is a biography of the man who got us there safely.
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