| Tittel: | Probing the sky : Selected NACA/NASA research airplanes and their contributions to flight | | Ansvar: | Curtis Peebles | | Forfatter: | Peebles, Curtis  | | Materialtype: | Bok | | Signatur: | Digital PDF | | Utgitt: | Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2014 | | Omfang: | viii, 334 pages - Illustrations ; 25 cm. | | ISBN/ISSN: | 9781626830233 | | Klassenummer: | 629.133/3 | | Serie: | NASA Aeronautics Book Series | | Emneord: | Flyhistorie / Flytyper / NASA / Research aircraft - United States - History / Romfart | | Geografiske emneord: | USA | | Note: | Boken ligger kun som nedlastbar PDF på høyre side. | | Innhold: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the decades since the Wright brothers' first flights, a body of knowledge and tools, created in an evolutionary process of small steps, had been built up to guide engineers and researchers in developing new aircraft. The early wood-and-fabric biplanes had given way to all-metal monoplanes. Aircraft size, range, and payload had also grown, until the oceans could be spanned in a fraction of the time a ship would take. Speed became the critical factor in both commercial and military operations.
Confronting the '93 sound barrier '94 : the Bell XS-1 -- Flying test tube : the Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak -- Proving the swept wing : the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket -- Unfulfilled promise, serendipitous success : the Douglas X-3 Stiletto -- Versatile minimalist : the Northrop X-4 Bantam -- Transformative pioneer : the Bell X-5 -- Progenitor of the Delta : the Convair XF-92A.
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