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A three volume set of aviation history in the US.
https://www.nasa.gov/history/histor...rces/nasa-history-series/the-wind-and-beyond/
Volume I is an account of the invention of the airplane and creation of the aeronautical research establishment in the United States. Edited by James R. Hansen with D. Bryan Taylor, Jeremy Kinney, and J. Lawrence Lee. PDF (4.7 MB)
Volume II explores the airplane design revolution of the 1920s and 1930s and the quest for improved airfoils. Edited by James R. Hansen with Jeremy Kinney, D. Bryan Taylor, Molly Prickett, and J. Lawrence Lee. PDF (5.9 MB)
Volume III explores the aerodynamics of airships, flying boats, and rotary-wing aircraft. Edited by James R. Hansen and Jeremy R. Kinney with D. Bryan Taylor, Molly F. Prickett, and J. Lawrence Lee. PDF (16.6 MB)
https://www.nasa.gov/history/histor...ies/nasas-first-a-aeronautics-from-1958-2008/
Aeronautics, the first A of the NASA acronym, has always been a part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
https://www.nasa.gov/history/histor...rces/nasa-history-series/naca-to-nasa-to-now/
NACA to NASA to Now: The Frontiers of Air and Space in the American Century tells the story of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The NACA and NASA facilitated the advance of technology for flight in air and space throughout the 20th and into the 21st century. This book explores how and why aerospace technology took the course it did, discusses some of the key people who drove aerospace science and technology development, and examines the political, economic, managerial, international, and cultural contexts in which the events of flight have unfolded.
I encountered the NACA publication The Wind and Beyond in the following video: Supermarine Spiteful, Superprop!
There is an interesting discussion on the wing design and manufacturing.
https://www.nasa.gov/history/histor...rces/nasa-history-series/the-wind-and-beyond/
Volume I is an account of the invention of the airplane and creation of the aeronautical research establishment in the United States. Edited by James R. Hansen with D. Bryan Taylor, Jeremy Kinney, and J. Lawrence Lee. PDF (4.7 MB)
Volume II explores the airplane design revolution of the 1920s and 1930s and the quest for improved airfoils. Edited by James R. Hansen with Jeremy Kinney, D. Bryan Taylor, Molly Prickett, and J. Lawrence Lee. PDF (5.9 MB)
Volume III explores the aerodynamics of airships, flying boats, and rotary-wing aircraft. Edited by James R. Hansen and Jeremy R. Kinney with D. Bryan Taylor, Molly F. Prickett, and J. Lawrence Lee. PDF (16.6 MB)
https://www.nasa.gov/history/histor...ies/nasas-first-a-aeronautics-from-1958-2008/
Aeronautics, the first A of the NASA acronym, has always been a part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
https://www.nasa.gov/history/histor...rces/nasa-history-series/naca-to-nasa-to-now/
NACA to NASA to Now: The Frontiers of Air and Space in the American Century tells the story of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The NACA and NASA facilitated the advance of technology for flight in air and space throughout the 20th and into the 21st century. This book explores how and why aerospace technology took the course it did, discusses some of the key people who drove aerospace science and technology development, and examines the political, economic, managerial, international, and cultural contexts in which the events of flight have unfolded.
I encountered the NACA publication The Wind and Beyond in the following video: Supermarine Spiteful, Superprop!
There is an interesting discussion on the wing design and manufacturing.