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| Foreword | 6 | |
| Acknowledgements | 7 | |
| Author's Note and Preface | 8 | |
| Introduction | 9 | |
| Ch. 1 | The Birth of the NACA | 12 |
| Ch. 2 | Virgin Days at Langley | 16 |
| Ch. 3 | World War II - Priorities and Expansion | 24 |
| Ch. 4 | West to California | 32 |
| Ch. 5 | Further Wartime Expansion | 40 |
| Ch. 6 | The Road to Sonic Flight | 48 |
| Ch. 7 | Shapes for the Future | 58 |
| Ch. 8 | Advanced Research Aircraft | 74 |
| Ch. 9 | Transition to NASA | 84 |
| Ch. 10 | Ames and V/STOL Research | 94 |
| Ch. 11 | Blackbirds, Valkyrie, to the Shuttle | 104 |
| Ch. 12 | The New NASA | 122 |
| Ch. 13 | Diversity at the NASA Centers | 134 |
| Ch. 14 | Earth Resources Aircraft Project | 146 |
| Ch. 15 | Past, Present and Future | 160 |
| Appendix One: The NACA/NASA Aircraft Markings and Numbering System | 172 | |
| Appendix Two: Aircraft - Langley Research Center | 180 | |
| Appendix Three: Aircraft - Ames Research | 187 | |
| Appendix Four: Aircraft - Lewis Research Center | 191 | |
| Appendix Five: Aircraft - Dryden Flight Research Facility | 193 | |
| Appendix Six: Aircraft - Johnson Space Center | 197 | |
| Appendix Seven: Aircraft - Wallops Flight Facility | 199 | |
| Bibliography | 200 |
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Bernard Goodno
reviewed Flying the Frontiers: NACA and NASA Experimental Aircraft on December 07, 2009
Flying the Frontiers
Beautifully written, the narrative keeps pace with the tumultuous events and the often mundane existence aboard an ocean going vessel. A lot of the apocrypha surrounding the Captain is thankfully dispersed and replaced by a much more humane and credible account.
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Add Flying the Frontiers: NACA and NASA Experimental Aircraft, When WW1 broke out in 1914, it was reported that France had 1,400 aircraft, Germany 1,000, Great Britain 400 and the United States 23. By establishing the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1915, the U.S. government took action to alter, Flying the Frontiers: NACA and NASA Experimental Aircraft to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Flying the Frontiers: NACA and NASA Experimental Aircraft, When WW1 broke out in 1914, it was reported that France had 1,400 aircraft, Germany 1,000, Great Britain 400 and the United States 23. By establishing the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1915, the U.S. government took action to alter, Flying the Frontiers: NACA and NASA Experimental Aircraft to your collection on WonderClub |
