About the Author:
Joseph R. Chambers worked as an aeronautical engineer for 36 years, serving as division chief before retiring in 1998. In addition to numerous technical reports, Chambers has written two monographs in aerospace history for the NASA History Office.
Mark A. Chambers has assembled more than 200 images that depict the storied and accomplished history of flight research at the NASA Langley Research Center. Mark, a government and defense contractor and technical writer specializing in aerospace-related subjects, is an avid aviation enthusiast and author of several articles for international aviation magazines and the Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society.
Review:
Whether military or civil designs, the NASA Langley facility has seen a great number of designs move through its wind tunnels, and this book does an excellent job of documenting their testing. ---Internet Modeler, reviewed by Chris Banyai-Riepl, November 2008
This book is well recommended to all that are interested in unique aircraft as well as the science of aeronautics and how it has evolved over the years up to current. ---IPMS, reviewed by Clare Wentzel, December 2008
Radical Wings & Wind Tunnels explores extremely complex subjects in a way that a layman can easily understand...In an era when virtually everything is being 'dumbed down,' Specialty Press deserves congratulations for publishing this book, another in its series of technical books that every aviation library-public or personal-should have. - --Aviation History, reviewed by Walter J. Boyne, March 2009
This book is well recommended to all that are interested in unique aircraft as well as the science of aeronautics and how it has evolved over the years up to current. ---IPMS, reviewed by Clare Wentzel, December 2008
Radical Wings & Wind Tunnels explores extremely complex subjects in a way that a layman can easily understand...In an era when virtually everything is being 'dumbed down,' Specialty Press deserves congratulations for publishing this book, another in its series of technical books that every aviation library-public or personal-should have. ---Aviation History, reviewed by Walter J. Boyne, March 2009
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