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Airplanes

The Life Story of a Technology

Jeremy R. Kinney (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2008
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-9069-7 (ISBN)

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The airplane has redefined the way in which people travel, conduct commerce, spend their leisure time, and wage war. From the Wright brothers' wood-and-fabric Flyer to the modern jet aircraft, the airplane has evolved in countless ways as its many uses have unfolded. The development of safe and efficient air travel required solving multiple engineering riddles about aerodynamics, control, propulsion, and structures. Airplanes shows how the solutions to these riddles have helped spur dramatic changes in the world's social and cultural life.

Jeremy R. Kinney is curator in the Aeronautics Division at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. He has served as the Centennial of Flight lecturer at the University of Maryland.

Preface
Introduction: Higher, Faster, and Farther
Timeline
1. The Origins of Powered Flight, 1783–1914
2. The First War in the Air, 1914–1918
3. The Aeronautical Revolution, 1918–1938
4. World War II in the Air, 1939–1945
5. The Second Aeronautical Revolution, 1930–Present
6. The Jet Airplane as a Military Weapon, 1945–Present
7. The Commercial Airplane, 1945–Present
8. General Aviation, 1920–Present
Conclusion: Higher, Ever Higher
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.11.2008
Zusatzinfo	4 Line drawings, black and white; 27 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Baltimore, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 235 mm
Gewicht	318 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
ISBN-10	0-8018-9069-1 / 0801890691
ISBN-13	978-0-8018-9069-7 / 9780801890697
Zustand	Neuware