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The power for flight : NASA's contributions to aircraft propulsion / Jeremy R. Kinney.

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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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