| Description |
1 online resource (x, 335 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : Patterns of innovation in aeronautical technology / Roger D. Launius -- The Langley and Wright aero accidents : two responses to early aeronautical innovation and government patronage / Norriss S. Hetherington -- Innovation in America's aviation support infrastructure : the evolving relationship between airports, cities, and industry / Janet R. Daly Bednarek -- The search for an instrument landing system, 1918-48 / William M. Leary -- Higher, faster, and farther : fueling the aeronautical revolution, 1919-45 / Stephen L. McFarland -- Engineering successful innovation : Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, 1925-40 / Bayla Singer -- Three-miles-a-minute : the National Advisory Committee for aeronautics and the development of the modern airliner / Deborah G. Douglas -- An airplane for everyman : the Department of Commerce and the light airplane industry, 1933-37 / Tom D. Crouch -- Paths for flight : innovation and the origin of radar / Louis Brown -- Rocket aircraft and the "turbojet revolution" : the Luftwaffe's quest for high-speed flight, 1935-39 / Michael J. Neufeld -- Revolutionary innovation and the invisible infrastructure : making Royal Air Force bomber command efficient, 1939-45 / Robin Higham -- Riding England's coattails : the U.S. Army Air Forces and the turbojet revolution / James O. Young -- Command innovation : lessons from the National Aerospace Plane program / Larry Schweikart |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Aeronautics -- History.
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Aeronautics -- Technological innovations -- History
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Flight -- History
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TRANSPORTATION -- Aviation -- History.
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Aeronautics
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Aeronautics -- Technological innovations
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Flight
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Mechanical Engineering.
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Engineering & Applied Sciences.
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Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Launius, Roger D.
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| LC no. |
98048723 |
| ISBN |
0585371946 |
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9780585371948 |
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