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Wingless Flight|R. Dale Reed

Wingless Flight : The Lifting Body Story

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Most lifting bodies, or "flying bathtubs" as they were called, were so ugly only an engineer could love them, and yet, what an elegant way to keep wings from burning off in supersonic flight between earth and orbit. Working in their spare time (because they couldn't initially get official permission), Dale Reed and his team of engineers demonstrated the potential of the design that led to the Space Shuttle. Wingless Flight takes us behind the scenes with just the right blend of technical informa

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  • ISBN-13: 9780813156279
  • ISBN-10: 0813156270
  • Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
  • Publish Date: July 2014
  • Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.54 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Page Count: 256

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