Flight Research at Ames: Fifty-Seven Years of Deveopment and Validation of Aeronautical Technology - Softcover

Borchers, Paul F; Franklin, James A; Fletcher, Jay W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1478266872 ISBN 13: 9781478266877

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Flight research has been an integral and essential part of the missions of, first, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and, later, its successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The imperative of flight research was recognized from the outset in the NACA's charter:" To supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight with a view to their practical solution..." The NACA's Ames Aeronautical Laboratory was established at Moffett Field, California, in 1939. Moffett Field was chosen at the site of the new laboratory for several reasons, including its predominantly good flying weather, moderate temperatures, and low air traffic density.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1478266872
• ISBN 13: 9781478266877
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 122