Expanding the Envelope : Flight Research at NACA and NASA / Michael H. Gorn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gorn, Michael H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics--Research--United States.

Aeronautics.

United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

United States.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Expanding the Envelope is the first book to explore the full panorama of flight research history, from the earliest attempts by such nineteenth century practitioners as England's Sir George Cayley, who tested his kites and gliders by subjecting them to experimental flight, to the cutting-edge aeronautical research conducted by the NACA and NASA.Michael H. Gorn explores the vital human aspect of the history of flight research, including such well-known figures as James H. Doolittle, Chuck Yeager, and A. Scott Crossfield, as well as the less heralded engineers, pilots, and scientists who also h

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Early Flight Research; Two Ohioans; A Government Imperative; The NACA Takes Flight; The Way Forward; 2 Flight Research Takes Off; A Big Project; Planes Falling From the Sky; A Breakthrough: The Pressure Distribution Program; Flight Research Achieves Fame; A Foretaste of the High-Speed Conundrum; A Recognized Discipline; 3 Necessary Refinements; A Varied Discipline; First Incarnation: Stability and Control; Second Incarnation: Flying Qualities; Taking Flight; A Pause to Reflect; Bearing Fruit

Flying Qualities at WarA New Direction; 4 First Among Equals; Diversification; Stirrings at Hampton; A Distant Land; The Situation on the Ground; A Man in a Rocket Plane; A Discipline Transformed; 5 A Leap Out of Water; Beneficiaries of Success; First Over the Top: The X-1 Research; The Other Research Vehicle; Bank and Turn; The Last of Its Kind; 6 Slower and Cheaper; Reverse Course; Bigger Lifting Bodies; From None to Three; A Crowning Achievement; Indigenous Projects; 7 A Tighter Focus; Reassessing Flight Research; An Extraordinary Testbed, A Promising Hybrid; Marrying Computers to Aircraft

Something New in AerodynamicsA New Analytical Tool; A Page Turns; 8 New Directions; A Prophecy Fulfilled; The Salve of Important Work; An Old-Fashioned Program; An Independent Entity; Access to Space; New Responsibilities; Air and Space; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813158945

081315894X

9780813170947

081317094X

OCLC:

65183343