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The "Apollo" of aeronautics : NASA's Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program, 1973-1987 / Mark D. Bowles.
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Bowles, Mark D.
- Series:
- NASA SP (Series) ; 574.
- SP ; 2009-574
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program (U.S.)--History.
- Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program (U.S.).
- Airplanes--Fuel consumption--Research--United States--History--20th century.
- Airplanes.
- Aerodynamics--Research--United States--History--20th century.
- Aerodynamics.
- Jet engines--Research--United States--History--20th century.
- Jet engines.
- Aerodynamics--Research.
- United States.
- Genre:
- CD-ROMs.
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 177 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- NASA's Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program, 1973-1987
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
- Summary:
- The fuel crisis of the 1970s threatened not only the airline industry but also the future of American prosperity itself. It also served as the genesis of technological ingenuity and innovation from a group of scientists and engineers at NASA, who initiated planning exercises to explore new fuel-saving technologies. What emerged was a series of technologically daring aeronautical programs with the potential to reduce by an astonishing 50 percent the amount of fuel used by the nation's commercial and military aircraft.-publisher description.
- Contents:
- Oil as a weapon
- Threads and sails at Langley
- Old and new engines at Lewis
- Aeronautics wars at NASA
- Advanced turboprops and laminar flow
- Epilogue: From shock to trance.
- Notes:
- Print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2024.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bowles, Mark D. "Apollo" of aeronautics.
- Online version: Bowles, Mark D. "Apollo" of aeronautics.
- OCLC:
- 709776836
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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