Airplanes

The Life Story of a Technology
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8018-9069-7
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kinney, Jeremy R

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Luftverkehr
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Kinney, Jeremy R
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.