The Bird is on the Wing
Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane
Just as the airplane is a defining technology of the twentieth century, aerodynamics has been the defining element of the airplane. In The Bird Is on the Wing Hansen provides an easily understandable introduction to the role of aerodynamics in the design of such historic American aircraft as the DC-3, X-1, and 747. He presents a history of aircraft technology and a collective biography of the scientists, engineers, and designers who created the airplanes. He skillfully guides the reader through the development of such critical concepts as streamlining, flutter, laminar-flow airfoils, the mythical sound barrier, variable-sweep wing, supersonic…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-58544-288-1
- EAN: 9781585442881
- Produktnummer: 1680766
- Verlag: Texas A & M University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H16.2 cm x B24.3 cm x D2.7 cm 660 g
- Abbildungen: 54 b&w photographs, bibliography, index
- Gewicht: 660
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
Über den Autor
James R. Hansen, a former NASA historian, teaches the history of science and technology and the history of flight at Auburn University. He has written a number of works in aviation history, including Engineer in Charge and Spaceflight Revolution. He holds a Ph.D. from Ohio State University.Hansen has been chosen as the authorized biographer of Neil Armstrong, for a book to be published by Simon & Schuster in 2005.
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