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, eventually, the nook™. http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/ebooks/index.htm http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:57:51 -0500 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:57:18 -0500 FeedForAll Mac v2.0 (2.0.0.4); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ By Clayton J. Bargsten and Malcolm T. Gibson. 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. http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/ebooks/index.htm Thursday, 1 Sep 2011 01:19:36 -0500 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. http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/ebooks/index.htm Thursday, 16 Sep 2010 07:53:36 -0500 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. http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/ebooks/index.htm Thursday, 26 Aug 2010 10:25:39 -0500 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. http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/ebooks/index.htm Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:36:39 -0500 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. http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/ebooks/index.htm Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:42:39 -0500 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. http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/ebooks/index.htm Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:28:48 -0500 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. http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/ebooks/index.htm Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:57:36 -0500