Toward Mach 2: The Douglas D-558 Program (NASA History Series SP-4222) - Couverture souple

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9781780393025: Toward Mach 2: The Douglas D-558 Program (NASA History Series SP-4222)
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ISBN 10 : 1780393024 ISBN 13 : 9781780393025
Editeur : Books Express Publishing, 2011

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak and D-558-2 Skyrocket were, with the Bell XS-1, the earliest transonic research aircraft built in this country to gather data so the aviation community could understand what was happening when aircraft approached the speed of sound (roughly 741 miles per hour at sea level in dry air at 32 degrees Fahrenheit). In the early 1940s, fighter (actually, in the terms of the time, pursuit) aircraft like the P-38 Lightning were approaching these speeds in dives and either could not get out of the dives before hitting the ground or were breaking apart from the effects of compressibility—increased density and disturbed airflow as the speed approached that of sound and created shock waves.

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Éditeur
Books Express Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1780393024
ISBN 13 
9781780393025
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
Éditeur
Hunley J D
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