Flying the Frontiers NACA and NASA Experimental Aircraft
Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1993. Quarto, pale grey hardback, silver lettering embossed on spine, 200 pp., 12 double-sided colour plates, black-and-white photographs and some tables included throughout, seven appendices included. Spine ends bumped and rubbed, lower edges and corners of covers rubbed, foxing on endpapers and title page, very light foxing on leaf edges, dust-jacket worn, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. A history of NACA and NASA aircraft spanning three quarters of a century written by aviation historian Arthur Pearcy. Following World War One, the USA established the National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics (NACA) in 1915 to address the nation's lack of aeronautical research. NACA went on to pioneer aircraft research and design for four decades. In 1958, prompted by Russia's launches Sputnik I and II, NACA transformed into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Pearcy covers not only the history and aircraft details of NACA and NASA, but also the stories of the people who worked together to transform aviation in the USA. Item #4441
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