Advanced Engine Development at Pratt & Whitney: The Inside Story of Eight Special Projects, 1946-1971

by Dick Mulready

FROM THE PREFACE: This book celebrates the wonderful projects on which we worked at Pratt & Whitney during the almost magical quarter century bounded by World War II and the competition to develop the Space Shuttle engine. Some of the work has never been described until this book because of stringent security classifications that are now lifted. This book is about the almost unbelievable engines and the dedicated group of people who made the engines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0768006643
• ISBN13: 9780768006643
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: SAE International
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.