Expanding the Envelope: Flight Research at the NACA and NASA

by Michael H. Gorn

Book Overview

" Winner of the AIAA 2004 Garner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award Expanding the Envelope is the first book to explore the full panorama of flight research history, from the earliest attempts by such nineteenth century practitioners as England's Sir George Cayley, who tested his kites and gliders by subjecting them to experimental flight, to the cutting-edge aeronautical research conducted by the NACA and NASA. Michael H. Gorn explores the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813122058
• ISBN13: 9780813122052
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher