X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight - Encyclopedic History of America's First Hypersonic Rocket-powered Aircraft and Space Plane - Million Horsepower Engine, Muroc, Edwards AFB (Part 2)

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Science, Physics, Astrophysics & Space Science
Cover of the book X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight - Encyclopedic History of America's First Hypersonic Rocket-powered Aircraft and Space Plane - Million Horsepower Engine, Muroc, Edwards AFB (Part 2) by Progressive Management, Progressive Management
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Progressive Management ISBN: 9781310135309
Publisher: Progressive Management Publication: June 2, 2015
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Progressive Management
ISBN: 9781310135309
Publisher: Progressive Management
Publication: June 2, 2015
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this is an excellent history of the famous X-15 rocket plane, called by Neil Armstrong "the most successful research airplane in history." This is a truly authoritative work covering all aspects of the historic program.
Because of the unusual size of this document, it is presented in two parts.
CHAPTER 1: A NEW SCIENCE * X-PLANES * WHAT WAS ACHIEVED? * HYPERSONICS * THE MISSILE INFLUENCE * MILITARY SUPPORT * A CONVINCING CASE * THE DOUGLAS MODEL 671 * CHAPTER 2: A HYPERSONIC RESEARCH AIRPLANE * DEVELOPING A CONSENSUS * ENGINE OPTIONS * THE COMPETITION * The Bell Proposal * The Douglas Proposal * The North American Proposal * The Republic Proposal * THE AIRFRAME EVALUATION * SECOND THOUGHTS * CHAPTER 3: CONFLICT AND INNOVATION * CHANGES * THE FIRST INDUSTRY CONFERENCE (1956) * MOCKUP INSPECTION * STRUCTURAL FABRICATION * HIGH ALTITUDE GIRDLES * Crossfield's Crusade * Improved Girdles for the Masses * Post X-15 * ESCAPE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT * STABLE PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT * BALL NOSE DEVELOPMENT * FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS * LANDING GEAR EVOLUTION * THE SECOND INDUSTRY CONFERENCE (1958) * CHAPTER 4: THE MILLION-HORSEPOWER ENGINE * ENGINE PROPOSALS * THE ENGINE EVALUATION * ENGINE AWARD * THE TR-139 * THE 1956 INDUSTRY CONFERENCE * MORE PROBLEMS * ROCKETS IN THE HIGH DESERT * CONTINUING CHALLENGES * RETROSPECT * POST X-15 * AEROJET LR91 * REACTION MOTORS XLR11 * CHAPTER 5: HIGH RANGE AND DRY LAKES * MUROC TO EDWARDS * THE HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT STATION * THE HIGH RANGE * DRY LAKES * Supporting the High Range * More Lakes * CHAPTER 6: PREPARATIONS * SIMULATIONS * Fixed-Base Simulators * The Wheel * Heating Simulations * Airborne Simulators * CARRIER AIRCRAFT * B-36 * A Replacement * XB-70 * CHASE AND SUPPORT AIRCRAFT * IMPLICATIONS OF SPUTNIK * Project 7969 * X-15B * Becker's Lament * MORE X-15s? * COST OVERRUNS * CHAPTER 7: THE FLIGHT PROGRAM * ROLLOUT * FLIGHT PROGRAM OVERVIEW * FLIGHT DESCRIPTION * FLIGHT DAY * THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR PLAN * THE ORIGINAL GOVERNMENT PLAN * REVISIONS * CAN IT FLY? * 1959 FLIGHT PERIOD * 1960 FLIGHT PERIOD * The XLR99 Arrives * Back to Flying * 1961 FLIGHT PERIOD * Pilot in the Loop * The Third Industry Conference * Manpower * The Adaptive Control System Arrives * 1962 FLIGHT PERIOD * Astronaut Wings * A Bad Day * 1963 FLIGHT PERIOD * Maximum Altitude * 1964 FLIGHT PERIOD * High-Temperature Loads Calibration Laboratory * 1965 FLIGHT PERIOD * The Fourth Industry Conference * The X-15A-2 * 1966 FLIGHT PERIOD * Flying Again * 1967 FLIGHT PERIOD * Ablative Coatings * Getting Ready for Maximum Speed * Ablator Application * Ablator Flights * Maximum Speed * Did it Work? * Tragedy * Almost the End * 1968 FLIGHT PERIOD * Final Dispositions * CORRECTING AN OVERSIGHT * CHAPTER 8: THE RESEARCH PROGRAM * RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION * BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH * Instrumentation * Some Results * MH-96 ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this is an excellent history of the famous X-15 rocket plane, called by Neil Armstrong "the most successful research airplane in history." This is a truly authoritative work covering all aspects of the historic program.
Because of the unusual size of this document, it is presented in two parts.
CHAPTER 1: A NEW SCIENCE * X-PLANES * WHAT WAS ACHIEVED? * HYPERSONICS * THE MISSILE INFLUENCE * MILITARY SUPPORT * A CONVINCING CASE * THE DOUGLAS MODEL 671 * CHAPTER 2: A HYPERSONIC RESEARCH AIRPLANE * DEVELOPING A CONSENSUS * ENGINE OPTIONS * THE COMPETITION * The Bell Proposal * The Douglas Proposal * The North American Proposal * The Republic Proposal * THE AIRFRAME EVALUATION * SECOND THOUGHTS * CHAPTER 3: CONFLICT AND INNOVATION * CHANGES * THE FIRST INDUSTRY CONFERENCE (1956) * MOCKUP INSPECTION * STRUCTURAL FABRICATION * HIGH ALTITUDE GIRDLES * Crossfield's Crusade * Improved Girdles for the Masses * Post X-15 * ESCAPE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT * STABLE PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT * BALL NOSE DEVELOPMENT * FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS * LANDING GEAR EVOLUTION * THE SECOND INDUSTRY CONFERENCE (1958) * CHAPTER 4: THE MILLION-HORSEPOWER ENGINE * ENGINE PROPOSALS * THE ENGINE EVALUATION * ENGINE AWARD * THE TR-139 * THE 1956 INDUSTRY CONFERENCE * MORE PROBLEMS * ROCKETS IN THE HIGH DESERT * CONTINUING CHALLENGES * RETROSPECT * POST X-15 * AEROJET LR91 * REACTION MOTORS XLR11 * CHAPTER 5: HIGH RANGE AND DRY LAKES * MUROC TO EDWARDS * THE HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT STATION * THE HIGH RANGE * DRY LAKES * Supporting the High Range * More Lakes * CHAPTER 6: PREPARATIONS * SIMULATIONS * Fixed-Base Simulators * The Wheel * Heating Simulations * Airborne Simulators * CARRIER AIRCRAFT * B-36 * A Replacement * XB-70 * CHASE AND SUPPORT AIRCRAFT * IMPLICATIONS OF SPUTNIK * Project 7969 * X-15B * Becker's Lament * MORE X-15s? * COST OVERRUNS * CHAPTER 7: THE FLIGHT PROGRAM * ROLLOUT * FLIGHT PROGRAM OVERVIEW * FLIGHT DESCRIPTION * FLIGHT DAY * THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR PLAN * THE ORIGINAL GOVERNMENT PLAN * REVISIONS * CAN IT FLY? * 1959 FLIGHT PERIOD * 1960 FLIGHT PERIOD * The XLR99 Arrives * Back to Flying * 1961 FLIGHT PERIOD * Pilot in the Loop * The Third Industry Conference * Manpower * The Adaptive Control System Arrives * 1962 FLIGHT PERIOD * Astronaut Wings * A Bad Day * 1963 FLIGHT PERIOD * Maximum Altitude * 1964 FLIGHT PERIOD * High-Temperature Loads Calibration Laboratory * 1965 FLIGHT PERIOD * The Fourth Industry Conference * The X-15A-2 * 1966 FLIGHT PERIOD * Flying Again * 1967 FLIGHT PERIOD * Ablative Coatings * Getting Ready for Maximum Speed * Ablator Application * Ablator Flights * Maximum Speed * Did it Work? * Tragedy * Almost the End * 1968 FLIGHT PERIOD * Final Dispositions * CORRECTING AN OVERSIGHT * CHAPTER 8: THE RESEARCH PROGRAM * RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION * BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH * Instrumentation * Some Results * MH-96 ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM

More books from Progressive Management

Cover of the book Low-Intensity Conflict in the Third World: Middle East, Soviets, Russia, Latin America, South Africa, Southeast Asia, United States Policy and Strategic Planning by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Army Engineers in New England 1775-1975: The Military and Civil Work of the Corps of Engineers in New England, Revolutionary War, George Washington, Dredging, Flood Protection, Boston Harbor by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Organization and Lineage of the United States Air Force: Organization of the USAF 1907-1947, Lineage of USAF Major Components, 1947 to the Present, Types of USAF Organizations by Progressive Management
Cover of the book 2011 Pocket Guide to Federal Grants and Government Assistance Programs for Organizations, Small Business, and Individuals by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Encyclopedia of NASA Lessons Learned (Part 1): Thousands of Aerospace Technology Engineering Reports, Problems, Accidents, Mishaps, Ideas and Solutions - Space Shuttle, Spacecraft, Rockets, Aircraft by Progressive Management
Cover of the book History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Volume One: The Formative Years: 1947-1950 - Fascinating Account of Post-War Decisions on Communist Threat, Atomic Weapons, Israel, NATO by Progressive Management
Cover of the book How Will Vietnam's Economic Relationship and Dependency on China Affect its Response to China's Increasing Threat to its Sovereignty? ASEAN Free Trade Area and the Chinese Communist Party by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Improving the U.S. Military's Adaptability Against the Salafist-Jihadi Threat: Counterterrorism and COIN, Death-Terror Management Theory, Leader Decapitation Effect on Terrorist Organizations by Progressive Management
Cover of the book 21st Century VA Independent Study Course: Hearing Impairment, Ototoxic and Noise-induced Hearing Loss, Audiology, Auditory Problems, Balance Disorders, Ear Pathologies, Tinnitus, Deafness by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Space Shuttle NASA Mission Report: STS-3, March 1982 - Third Columbia Mission, Complete Technical Details of Orbiter Performance and Problems by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Ambassador Stephen Krasner's Orienting Principle for Foreign Policy (and Military Management) - Responsible Sovereignty by Progressive Management
Cover of the book The USAF in the Persian Gulf War: Airpower Advantage - Planning the Gulf War Air Campaign 1989-1991, Desert Storm, Schwarzkopf, Colin Powell, Saddam Hussein, Iraq Republican Guard, General Horner by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Colombia in Perspective: Orientation Guide and Spanish Cultural Orientation: Geography, History, Economy, Society, Security, Military, Religion, Amazon, Bogota, Medellin, Cali, Narcotrafficking by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Geopolitics and Planning for a High-End Fight: NATO and the Baltic Region, Airpower and Geopolitical Angst, The New Russian Threat, Considering a High-End Fight with Russia, Putin by Progressive Management
Cover of the book MH-53J/M PAVE LOW III/IV Systems Engineering Case Study: Challenges of Night Rescue and Night Vision; Technical Details and Program History by Progressive Management
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy