Wingless Flight : The Lifting Body Story
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0813156270
ISBN-13
9780813156279
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Imprint
The University Press of Kentucky
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 15th, 2014
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
504 grams
Dimensions
17.70 x 25.40 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Aerospace & aviation technology
Ksh 4,250.00
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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 official permission), Dale Reed and his team of engineers demonstrated the potential of the design that led to the Space Shuttle. Wingless Flight takes us behind the scenes with just the right blend of technical information and fascinating detail (the crash of M2-F2 found new life as the opening credit for TV's "The Six Million Dollar Man"). The flying bathtub, itself, is finding new life as the proposed escape-pod for the Space Station.
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