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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
- 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