A wartime necessity : the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and other national aeronautical research organizations' efforts at innovation during World War II / edited by Alex M Spencer.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Spencer, Alex M., editor.

United States. NASA History Office (2023- ), issuing body.

Series:

NASA SP (Series) ; 2024-4418.

NASA history series

NASA SP ; 2024-4418

The NASA history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

United States.

Aeronautics, Military--Technological innovations--History--20th century.

Aeronautics, Military.

Aeronautics--Research--History--20th century.

Aeronautics.

World War, 1939-1945--Technology.

World War, 1939-1945.

Aeronautics, Military--Technological innovations.

Aeronautics--Research.

Technology.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 314 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and other national aeronautical research organizations' efforts at innovation during World War II

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, NASA History Office, [2024]

Summary:

"During World War II, advances in aviation became unmistakable. Many nations' air forces entered the war flying biplane aircraft that were not much different from their predecessors of the previous war. They were soon eclipsed by aircraft that took advantage of new designs that utilized many aeronautical advances of the interwar period such as new power plants, stress skin aluminum structures, and aerodynamic improvements. During the war, new technologies emerged and developed such as jet-powered aircraft, which would come to dominate post-World War II military aviation. In this volume, each chapter has been written by a recognized authority in their field and draws upon the most recent research on their topic. This volume investigates a broad range of topics associated with aeronautical research and development that took place during the war within both Allied and Axis countries. It also demonstrates how the technological improvements conducted from their research were critical to those on the frontline of combat as well as how wartime expedience and technology required institutions to adapt to the world crisis"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword : Engineering the Air War / Tom D. Crouch

Introduction / Alex M Spencer

Observation in Context : The Interwar Rebuilding of German Aviation, the Lindberghs, and the Challenges of Air Intelligence and Assessment / Richard P. Hallion

The NACA and American Aeronautical Research in World War II / Roger D. Launius

Japanese Aeronautical Innovation during World War II / by Juergen Paul Melzer

TsAGI during the Great Patriotic War / F. Robert van der Linden

Essential, Not Supportive : Women and World War II Aeronautical Research and Development at the NACA's Langley Aeronautical Research Laboratory and Beech Aircraft Company / by Emily Gibson

Blades for Victory : Propeller Innovation, Production, and Use during World War II / Jeremy R. Kinney

The NACA Drag Reduction Program / F. Robert van der Linden

The Tuck-Under Problem : An Aerodynamic High-Speed Compressibility Disaster for the Lockheed P-38, and How N.A.C.A. Engineers Fixed It / John D. Anderson, Jr.

The Evolution of the U.S. Navy's Fast Carrier Task Force in World War II / William F. Trimble

Resighting the Norden Bombsight : Precision Tool or Area Bomber? / Breanna Lohman

"What about Aeronautics?" : The NACA Forms the Nucleus of America's Space Agency / Layne Karafantis.

Notes:

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (NASA website, viewed Aug. 15, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Wartime necessity.

ISBN:

9781626830752

1626830754

OCLC:

1331734583