A New Dimension, Wallops Island Flight Test Range
Author | : Joseph Adams Shortal |
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Total Pages | : 796 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Aeronautics |
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Author | : Joseph Adams Shortal |
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Total Pages | : 796 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Aeronautics |
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Total Pages | : 1070 |
Release | : 2011 |
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Author | : William Norton |
Publisher | : Fonthill Media |
Total Pages | : 507 |
Release | : 2019-07-06 |
Genre | : History |
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This book presents a little-known aspect of America's aircraft development of World War II in emphasizing unique and non-production aircraft or modifications for the purpose of research and experimentation in support of aircraft development, advancing technology, or meeting narrow combat needs. It describes some important areas of American aviation weapons maturation under the pressure of war with emphasis on advanced technology and experimental aircraft configurations. The great value of the work is illumination of little known or minimally documented projects that significantly advanced the science of aeronautics, propulsion, aircraft systems, and ordnance, but did not go into production. Each chapter introduces another topic by examining the state-of-the-art at the beginning of the war, advantages pursued, and results achieved during the conflict. This last is the vehicle to examine the secret modifications or experiments that are little known. Consequently, this is an important single-source for a fascinating and diverse collection of wartime efforts never before brought together under a single cover. The "war stories" are those of military staffs, engineering teams, and test pilots struggling against short schedules and tight resource constraints to push the bounds of technology. These epic and sometimes life-threatening endeavors were as vital as actual combat operations.
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Total Pages | : 992 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Government publications |
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Total Pages | : 992 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Government publications |
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Author | : Richard Hallion |
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Total Pages | : 876 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Aerodynamics, Hypersonic |
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Author | : Richard Hallion |
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Total Pages | : 880 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Aerodynamics, Hypersonic |
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Author | : Larry Schweikart |
Publisher | : Department of the Air Force |
Total Pages | : 904 |
Release | : 2003-03 |
Genre | : History |
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By Larry Schweikart, et al. Edited by Richard P. Hallion. Consists of 3 volumes: V. 1, From Max Valier to Project PRIME (1924-1967); V. 2, From Scramjet to the National Aero-Space Plane (1964-1986); and V. 3, The Quest for the Orbital Jet, the National Aero-Space Plane Program (1983-1995).
Author | : Michael G. Smith |
Publisher | : Purdue University Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2023-05-15 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1612498426 |
The Rocket Lab: Maurice Zucrow, Purdue University, and America’s Race to Space focuses on the golden era of space exploration between 1946 and 1966, specifically the life and times of Purdue University’s Dr. Maurice J. Zucrow, a pioneering teacher and researcher in aerospace engineering. Zucrow taught America’s first university course in jet and rocket propulsion, wrote the field’s first textbook, and established the country’s first educational Rocket Lab. He was part of a small circle of innovators who transformed Purdue into the country’s largest engineering university, which became a cradle of astronauts. Taking a chronological and thematic approach, The Rocket Lab weaves between the local and national, drawing in rival universities, especially Harvard, MIT, Princeton, and Caltech. Also covered is Zucrow’s role in the national project system of research and development through World War II and the Cold War. At Aerojet, he was one of the country’s original project engineers, dedicated to scientific-technical expertise and the stepwise approach. He made vanguard power plant contributions to the Northrop Flying Wing, as well as the Corporal, Nike, and Atlas missiles, among others. Zucrow’s work in propulsion helped to improve the country’s arsenal of ballistic missiles and space launchers, and as a teacher, he educated the first generation of aerospace engineers. This book elevates Zucrow and the central role he played in getting the United States to space.
Author | : J. D. Hunley |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781603444538 |
In this definitive study, J. D. Hunley traces the program?s development from Goddard?s early rockets (and the German V-2 missile) through the Titan IVA and the Space Shuttle, with a focus on space-launch vehicles. Since these rockets often evolved from early missiles, he pays considerable attention to missile technology, not as an end in itself, but as a contributor to launch-vehicle technology. Focusing especially on the engineering culture of the program, Hunley communicates this very human side of technological development by means of anecdotes, character sketches, and case studies of problems faced by rocket engineers. He shows how such a highly adaptive approach enabled the evolution of a hugely complicated technology that was impressive?but decidedly not rocket science. Unique in its single-volume coverage of the evolution of launch-vehicle technology from 1926 to 1991, this meticulously researched work will inform scholars and engineers interested in the history of technology and innovation, as well as those specializing in the history of space flight.