Introduction to Aeronautics
Subtitle: A Design Perspective (Aiaa Education Series)
Contributors: Steven A. Brandt (Editor)
Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast
Published: August 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9781563472503
Subjects: Aerospace & aviation technology; Transportation; Airplanes; Aircraft Design And Construction; Technology & Industrial Arts; Study Guides; Aviation - General; Aeronautics & Astronautics; Aeronautics; Design and construction
First sentence: Imagine the thrill Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson (Fig. 1.1), founder and Chief Engineer of the Lockheed "Skunk Works," felt the first time the YF-12 (forerunner of the SR-71) flew faster than 2000 mph, or the satisfaction Harry Hillaker, Chief Designer of the F-16, felt when his creation became the most numerous jet fighter in the U.S. Air Force and in nine other air forces around the world.