9781585442881-1585442887-The Bird Is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane (Centennial of Flight Series, No. 6) (Volume 6)

The Bird Is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane (Centennial of Flight Series, No. 6) (Volume 6)

ISBN-13: 9781585442881
ISBN-10: 1585442887
Edition: First Edition
Author: James R. Hansen
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Format: Hardcover 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781585442881
ISBN-10: 1585442887
Edition: First Edition
Author: James R. Hansen
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Format: Hardcover 288 pages

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The Bird Is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane (Centennial of Flight Series, No. 6) (Volume 6) (ISBN-13: 9781585442881 and ISBN-10: 1585442887), written by authors James R. Hansen, was published by Texas A&M University Press in 2003. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Bird Is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane (Centennial of Flight Series, No. 6) (Volume 6) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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The airplane ranks as one of history’s most ingenious and phenomenal inventions—and surely one of the most world-shaking. How ideas about its aerodynamics first came together and how the science and technology evolved to forge the airplane into the revolutionary machine it became is the epic story James R. Hansen tells in The Bird Is on the Wing. Just as the airplane is a defining technology of the twentieth century, aerodynamics has been the defining element of the airplane.

Hansen provides an engaging, easily understandable introduction to the role of aerodynamics in the design of such historic American aircraft as the DC-3, X-1, and 747. Recognizing the impact individuals have had on the development of the field, he conveys not only a history of aircraft technology, but also a collective biography of the scientists, engineers, and designers who created the airplanes.

From da Vinci, whose understanding of what it took to fly was three centuries too early for practical use, to the invention of the airplane by the Wright brothers, Hansen explores the technological matrix from which aeronautical engineering emerged. He skillfully guides the reader through the development of such critical aerodynamic concepts as streamlining, flutter, laminar-flow airfoils, the mythical “sound barrier,” variable-sweep wing, supersonic cruise, blended body, and much more.

Hansen’s explanation of how vocabulary and specifications were developed to fill the gap between the perceptions of pilots and the system of engineers will fascinate all those interested in how human beings have used aerodynamics to move among, and even beyond, birds on the wing.

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