The Wright Flyer
Subtitle: an engineering perspective
By: edited by Howard S. Wolko ; with contributions by John D. Anderson, Jr. ... [et al.].
Contributors: Wolko, Howard S.; Anderson, John David.; National Air and Space Museum.
Publisher: National Air and Space Museum
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Congresses.; Wright Flyer (Airplane) -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Proceedings of a symposium held at the National Air and Space Museum, Dec. 16, 1983.
Table of contents: title: The Wright brothers / John D. Anderson, Jr.; title: Aerodynamics, stability, and control of the 1903 Wright Flyer / F.E.C. Culick and Henry R. Jex; title: Longitudinal dynamics of the Wright brothers' early Flyers / Frederick J. Hooven; title: Propulsion systems of the Wright brothers / Harvey H. Lippincott; title: Structural design of the 1903 Wright Flyer / Howard S. Wolko.