The Airplane
Author: John David Anderson
Publisher: AIAA
ISBN: UOM:39015056462073
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 369
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Pages: 369
Pages: 369
A history of the technical development of the aeroplane, commissioned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of powered flight. In each chronological period covered, the various aspects of the synthesis of aerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics, and structure is described and evaluated.
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Pages: 129
Pages: 129
Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.
Language: un
Pages: 160
Pages: 160
This activity book tells the amazing true story of how two bicycle-making brothers from Ohio, with no more than high-school educations, accomplished a feat that forever changed the world. At a time when most people still hadn’t ridden in an automobile, Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first powered, heavier-than-air
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Pages: 87
Pages: 87
Filled with rare photographs and featuring accounts written by the Wright Brothers themselves, this fascinating firsthand history covers the brothers' early experiments, their construction of planes and motors, the first test flights, life after Kitty Hawk, and much more. Introduction and commentary by Fred C. Kelly. 76 black-and-white photographs.
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Pages: 208
Pages: 208
Written on the eve of World War II, this brief but intensive introduction by one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory deals with the basic problems of aerodynamics. 1941 edition.
