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The bird is on the wing : aerodynamics and the progress of the American airplane / James R. Hansen.

Title
The bird is on the wing : aerodynamics and the progress of the American airplane / James R. Hansen.
Author
Hansen, James R.
Publication
College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c2004.

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Description
xi, 273 p.: ill.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Centennial of flight series ; no. 6
Uniform Title
Centennial of flight series ; no. 6.
Subject
  • Aeronautics > History. > United States
  • Aerodynamics > History. > United States
  • Airplanes > History
  • Aeronautical engineers > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical notes and bibliography (p. [233]-258) and index.
Contents
The defining element of a defining technology -- The winding path to the Wright brothers -- Reinventing the airplane -- Breaking the sound barrier -- The supersonic design revolution -- The rise and fall of the SST -- The progress of the jetliner -- The future of flight.
ISBN
  • 1585442887 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1585442437 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2003009575
OCLC
  • 52251147
  • SCSB-10483134
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library