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Sonic Wind : The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man on Earth, Hardback Book

Sonic Wind : The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man on Earth Hardback

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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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