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Flying the Frontiers: NACA and NASA Experimental

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SKU #: 064418

Title: Flying the Frontiers: NACA and NASA Experimental Aircraft

Description: This illustrated work features the birth and history of NACA prior to becoming NASA through World War I and II, west to California, further wartime expansion, the road to sonic flight, advanced research aircraft, transition to NASA, Blackbirds, Valkyrie, the Earth Resources Aircraft Project and the past, present and future as of the 1990's, (to name a few chapters). Gray, cloth hardcover with silver gilt lettering on spine. Minor wear on corners. Some faint acid marks from age on endpapers. Larger, coffee-table sized book at around 8.5" x 12". Glossy, beautiful pages with a mix of full color and black and white photographs. Very light, almost unnoticeable yellowing on bottom of some pages. Dust jacket bears some minor rubbing and scratches with slight wear on the top and at corners. Slight brown marks on top back of dj. Minor foxing on inside of dj. Seven appendices. No marginalia or creases. 200 pp. Full refund if not satisfied.; A monumental history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its eventual transition into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), from NACA's pioneering high-performance aircraft research and design to NASA's testing of Mach 3 high-altitude aircraft.

Details: Title: Flying the Frontiers: NACA and NASA Experimental Aircraft

Author Name: Arthur Pearcy

ISBN Number: 1557502587

ISBN-13: 9781557502582

Location Published: Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press: 1993

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Type: Hardcover

Categories: Military

Keywords: airplanes, national aeronautics and space administration, shuttle, sputnick, us space research programme, valkyrie, |air force, |aircraft, |blackbirds, |flying, |helicopter, |jet, |langley, |national advisory committee for aeronautics

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