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Guide to e-Book Formats
Kindle
.mobi, .azw, .txt, .prc
Kindle DX
.mobi, .azw, .txt, .prc, .pdf
Nook and iPad
Note: For the iPad, the iBook will read ePub and pdf
.epub, .pdf
Sony Reader
.epub, .BBeB, .pdf
NOTE: CTRL-click to save file
(Mac and PC).
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Many of the biggest achievements in aeronautics research are chronicled
in books rich with detail, personal stories, surprising twists of fate
and revolutionary discoveries that have influenced the experience of
flight for millions of people.
These books are now being converted for download and use on digital
reading devices such as the Kindle™, SONY® Reader and the
nook™.
To use, download the file to your computer and then drag and drop onto
your reading device.
Hard copies are typically available 8-10 weeks after the e-book posting.
If you cannot find the book at your local bookseller, it might be
available through either the U.S. Government Printing Office or through
NASA Headquarters' Information Center.
+ Learn About Availability of Hard Copies
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Aeronautics Collection of Technical Memorandums
Select Technologies That Have Shaped Modern Aviation
by Clayton J. Bargsten and Malcolm T. Gibson
(posted September 2011)
This collection of short papers provides a helpful account of the
development of a number of key aviation technologies: chevron nozzles,
winglets, composite structures, ADS-B, synthetic vision systems and
FACET. These technologies were chosen to demonstrate the diversity and
profound impact NASA has had, and will forever have, on the aviation
industry.
Downloads:
+ .mobi |
+ .pdf |
+ .epub
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"NASA's Contributions to Aeronautics, Volume 2"
Edited by Richard P. Hallion
(posted September 2010)
The second volume includes case studies and essays on NACA-NASA research
for contributions including wind shear and lightning research, flight
operations, human factors, wind tunnels, composite structures, general
aviation aircraft safety, supersonic cruise aircraft research and
atmospheric icing.
Downloads:
+ .mobi |
+ .prc |
+ .pdf |
+ .epub
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"NASA's Contributions to Aeronautics, Volume 1"
Edited by Richard P. Hallion
(posted August 2010)
Since its creation, NASA has steadily advanced flight within the
atmosphere, repeatedly influencing aviation's evolution by extending the
rich legacy of its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, or NACA. This first volume in a two-volume set includes
case studies and essays on NACA-NASA research for contributions such as
high-speed wing design, the area rule, rotary-wing aerodynamics
research, sonic boom mitigation, hypersonic design, computational fluid
dynamics, electronic flight control and environmentally friendly
aircraft technology.
Downloads:
+ .mobi |
+ .prc |
+ .pdf |
+ .epub
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"Modeling Flight"
by Joseph R. Chambers
(posted July 2010)
For years, NASA has used subscale models of aircraft to test how they
would perform at full size. In fact, since the 1920s during the days of
the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, scientists have
continually refined testing techniques including building and using new
facilities, making models more sophisticated and learning how to best
interpret the results. Using these techniques, NASA has made many
contributions to a broad range of aircraft including general aviation,
fighters, civil transports, lifting bodies, reentry capsules, parawing
vehicles, and supersonic transports. This book describes the issues that
must be considered when transferring subscale results to full-scale
application, and reviews results obtained in historically significant
aircraft programs conducted at NASA's Langley Research Center, NASA's
Dryden Flight Research Center, and NASA's Ames Research Center.
Downloads:
+ .mobi |
+ .prc |
+ .pdf |
+ .epub
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"Apollo of Aeronautics: NASA's Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program, 1973-1987"
by Mark D. Bowles
(posted April 2010)
The fuel crisis of the 1970s threatened not only the airline industry
but also the future of American prosperity itself. It also served as the
genesis of technological ingenuity and innovation from a group of
scientists and engineers at NASA, who initiated planning exercises to
explore new fuel-saving technologies. What emerged was a series of
technologically daring aeronautical programs with the potential to
reduce by an astonishing 50 percent the amount of fuel used by the
nation's commercial and military aircraft.
Downloads:
+ .mobi |
+ .prc |
+ .pdf |
+ .epub
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"Ikhana: Unmanned Aircraft System, Western States Fire Missions"
by Peter W. Merlin
(posted January 2010)
The story of the Ikhana, a remotely piloted vehicle used by NASA
researchers to conduct Earth science research and which became an
unexpected flying and imaging helper to emergency workers battling
California wildfires.
Downloads:
+ .mobi |
+ .prc |
+ .pdf |
+ .epub
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"X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight"
by Dennis R. Jenkins
(posted December 2009)
The X-15 was the ultimate "X" vehicle. Built in the 1950s, she became
the fastest and highest-flying winged aircraft of its time. During 199
flights from 1959 through 1968, she collected data about hypersonic
flight that was invaluable to aeronautics and to developers of the space
shuttle. This book describes the genesis of the program, the design and
construction of the aircraft, years of research flights and the
experiments that flew aboard them.
Downloads:
+ .prc |
+ .pdf |
+ .epub |
+ .pdb
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