Published by TYC Publishing Company, Bellevue, Washington, 1991
Seller: Antiquariat Lindbergh, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany
Signed
Softcover. signed by the author ! - - Author: William H. Cook. - Biographical: Born in west Texas, 1915. - Graduated from R.P.I. in 1934 in Mechanical Engineering. Received Masters Degree from M.I.T. in 1938. - Private Pilot's License at Boston Airport in 1936. - FAA Airplane Mechanics License - Employed in Boeing Engineering July 1938. - In Charge of High-Speed Wind Tunnel Design. - B-29 Assistant Project Engineer - XB-47 Aerodynamics Unit Chief - Chief of Technical Staff in the Transport Division. - Retired, 1974. - - If you're an airplane enthusiast, you will want to know - - How the Wright brothers succeeded, and why they were surpassed. - - Why the biplane became Standard. - - How the streamlined monoplane evolved. - - How the DC-5 started a new era in airline travel. - - How the four-engine bombers that ended World War II were designed. - - How two students designed the first jet engines while the rest of the world slept. - - Where the swept wing came from, and how it was made to work. - - How the competition between the DC-8 and 707 changed long distance travel forever. - - An engineering history that traces the main path of airplane development from observations of birds in flight to modern jet transports in pilot's language by an engineer who was fortunate to be in the middle of the transition to jets. 275 p. many photos very good condition, signed by author.
Published by TYC Publishing Compoany, 1991
ISBN 10: 0962960500 ISBN 13: 9780962960505
Language: English
Seller: PB&J Book Shop, Hot Springs, SD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).