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The power for flight : NASA's contributions to aircraft propulsion / Jeremy R. Kinney.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Kinney, Jeremy R., author.
- Series:
- NASA SP (Series) ; 631.
- NASA aeronautics book series
- NASA SP ; 2017-631
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Research--History.
- United States.
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Airplanes--Jet propulsion--Research--United States--History.
- Airplanes.
- Airplanes--Motors--Research--United States--History.
- Airplanes--Motors--Research.
- Research.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 302 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- NASA's contributions to aircraft propulsion
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2017.
- Contents:
- The NACA and aircraft propulsion, 1915-1958
- NASA gets to work, 1958-1975
- The shift toward commercial aviation, 1966-1975
- The quest for propulsive efficiency, 1976-1989
- Propulsion control enters the computer era, 1976-1998
- Transiting to a new century, 1990-2008
- Toward the future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-271) and index.
- Online resource, PDF version; title from PDF title page (NASA, viewed May 23, 2018).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kinney, Jeremy R. Power for flight
- ISBN:
- 9781626830387
- 162683038X
- OCLC:
- 990183297
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