Flight Research at NASA Langley Research Center

Author: Mark A. Chambers
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738544373
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Following the creation of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1915, a unique flight research operations division was established at the nation's first civilian aeronautics research laboratory, the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. Langley flight research personnel helped the nation's aircraft industry bloom during the Golden Era of aviation throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Langley's flight research then helped win World War II with performance-enhancing modifications to new aircraft. During the cold war, Langley helped the country maintain an edge in aeronautics over its Warsaw Pact rivals. When the space race began, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created in 1958 and Langley's pilots were instrumental in training astronauts. In addition to advancing rotorcraft during the 1960s and 1970s, Langley research pioneered a multitude of military and civil Vertical Short Takeoff and Landing (V/STOL) concepts. During the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Langley research developed advancements in general and commercial aviation technologies.

Innovation in Flight

Author: Joseph R. Chambers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Innovation in Flight

Author: Joseph R. Chambers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 412

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Aeroacoustics of Flight Vehicles

Author: Harvey H. Hubbard
Publisher:
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Category : Aerodynamic noise
Languages : en
Pages : 620

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Innovation in Flight

Author: Joseph R. Chambers
Publisher:
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 389

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A History of Suction-Type Laminar-Flow Control with Emphasis on Flight Research

Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781493794324
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 86

Book Description
Laminar-flow control is an area of aeronautical research that has a long history at NASA's Langley Research Center, Dryden Flight Research Center, their predecessor organizations, and elsewhere. In this monograph, Albert L. Braslow, who spent much of his career at Langley working with this research, presents a history of that portion of laminar-flow technology known as active laminar-flow control, which employs suction of a small quantity of air through airplane surfaces. This important technique offers the potential for significant reduction in drag and, thereby, for large increases in range or reductions in fuel usage for aircraft. For transport aircraft, the reductions in fuel consumed as a result of laminar-flow control may equal 30 percent of present consumption. Given such potential, it is obvious that active laminar-flow control with suction is an important technology. In this study, the author covers the early history of the subject and brings the story all the way to the mid-1990s with an emphasis on flight research, much of which occurred at Dryden.

On the Frontier

Author: Richard P. Hallion
Publisher:
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Category : Flight
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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Wingless Flight

Author: R. Dale Reed, Darlene Lister
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813132228
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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"Much has been written about the famous conflicts and battlegrounds of the East during the American Revolution. Perhaps less familiar, but equally important and exciting, was the war on the western frontier, where Ohio Valley settlers fought for the land they had claimed -- and for their very lives. George Rogers Clark stepped forward to organize the local militias into a united front that would defend the western frontier from Indian attacks. Clark was one of the few people who saw the importance of the West in the war effort as a whole, and he persuaded Virginia's government to lend support to his efforts. As a result Clark was able to cross the Ohio, saving that part of the frontier from further raids. Lowell Harrison captures the excitement of this vital part of American history while giving a complete view of George Rogers Clark's significant achievements. Lowell H. Harrison, is a professor emeritus of history at Western Kentucky University and is the author or co-author of numerous books, including Lincoln of Kentucky, A New History of Kentucky, and Kentucky's Governors."

Hypersonics Before the Shuttle: A Concise History of the X-15 Research Airplane

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Languages : en
Pages : 132

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On the Frontier

Author: Richard P. Hallion
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1588342891
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This little known classic history of flight-testing the Xplanes is reborn, sweepingly revised and updated with new and recently released information. Aviation enthusiasts will savor the most detailed account available of record-setting aircraft like the X-1 and XZ-15, flown by Chuck Yeager and other legends, as well as all the cutting-edge NASA and Defense Department programs that perfected the aeronautical concepts and technology used in US military, space, and commercial craft. A completely updated and reinterpreted text, three new chapters, dozens of rare photographs, and the complete statistical record of nearly six decades of testing make this required reading for anyone interested in manned flight.