Probing the Sky: Selected NACA/NASA Research Airplanes and Their Contributions to Flight
Curtis Peebles & Richard HallionWith the development of supersonic aircraft, the X-plane era ushered in a new and challenging phase of flight. Researchers found that much of the knowledge accumulated from the previous, subsonic flight era did not apply to the emerging supersonic aircraft. These turbojet-powered planes also outpaced the usefulness of the wind tunnel, previously an indispensible tool of aeronautic research.This book explores the development of the X-series research aircraft, the planes that helped bridge the gap between subsonic flight and hypersonic flight.
Година:
2014
Издателство:
NASA/National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Език:
english
Файл:
EPUB, 7.91 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2014