[Download pdf ebook] Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story
·•●- R. Dale Reed, Darlene Lister ·•●-
| #3277949 in Books | University Press of Kentucky | 2002-06-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .64 x6.82 x10.10l, | File Name: 0813190266 | 256 pages |
||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| THIS is How We Got To the Moon|By Edward J. Uecker|An incredibly well-researched and fun to read account of how one or two men envisioned a different kind of flight - one without wings and without engines - that would allow us to leave the earth, travel into space and return safely to LAND ON A RUNWAY instead of dropping like a rock into the ocean like "Spam in can" as Gus Gr||"Presents an in-depth account of the entire NASA/Air Force lifting-body program written by the engineer who intiated it." -- Aviation History|About the Author|R. Dale Reed retired from NASA's Dryden Flight Research
Most lifting bodies, or "flying bathtubs" as they were called, were so ugly only an engineer could love them, and yet, what an elegant way to keep wings from burning off in supersonic flight between Earth and orbit. Working in their spare time (because they couldn't initially get offical permission), Dale Reed and his team of engineers demonstrated the potential of the design that led to the space shuttle. This volume takes the reader behind the scenes with a blend of t...
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