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Modeling Flight by Joseph R. Chambers

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Modeling Flight
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Publisher: NASA
ISBN/ASIN: 0160846331
ISBN-13: 9780160846335
Number of pages: 202

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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.

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