TY - BOOK ID - 77865889 TI - Expanding the Envelope : Flight Research at NACA and NASA PY - 2001 SN - 081315894X 081317094X 9780813170947 9780813158945 0813122058 9780813122052 PB - Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, DB - UniCat KW - Aeronautics KW - Research KW - United States. KW - N.A.C.A. KW - NACA KW - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (U.S.) KW - N.A.S.A. KW - NASA KW - NASA Headquarters KW - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) KW - Nat︠s︡ionalʹnoe upravlenie po aėronavtike i issledovanii︠u︡ kosmicheskogo prostranstva SShA UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77865889 AB - Expanding the Envelope is the first book to explore the full panorama of flight research history, from the earliest attempts by such nineteenth century practitioners as England's Sir George Cayley, who tested his kites and gliders by subjecting them to experimental flight, to the cutting-edge aeronautical research conducted by the NACA and NASA.Michael H. Gorn explores the vital human aspect of the history of flight research, including such well-known figures as James H. Doolittle, Chuck Yeager, and A. Scott Crossfield, as well as the less heralded engineers, pilots, and scientists who also h ER -