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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Flight reserch takes up where the other instruments of aeronautical research-wind tunnels, fluid dynamics, and mathematical analyses-leave off. No matter how the equations suggest an aircraft ought to fly, only by studying actual flight, often in demanding, complicated, and dangerous maneuvers, can researchers discover the limits of flight and the true characteristics of experimental flight vehicles.The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1915) and its successor, The National National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958), led the world in these endesvours. Expanding the Envelope is the first book to explore the full panorama of flight research history.

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-Acknowledgments.

-Introduction.

-1. Early Flight Research.

-2. Flight Research Takes Off.

-3. Necessary Refinements.

-4. First Among Equals.

-5. A Leap Out of Water.

-6. Slower and Cheaper.

-7. A Tighter Focus.

-8. New Directions.

-Epilogue.

-Notes.

-Glossary.

-Index.