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Author Chambers, Joseph R., author.

Title Cave of the winds : the remarkable history of the Langley full-scale wind tunnel / Joseph R. Chambers.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [2014]
©2014

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 Axe Federal Documents Online  NAS 1.21:2014-614    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (xix, 533 pages) : illustrations (some color).
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series NASA SP ; 2014-614
NASA SP (Series) ; 614.
Note PDF version; title from title screen (viewed Oct. 7, 2014).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The awakening (1914-1928) -- Birth of a legend (1929-1931) -- Mission accomplished (1932-1937) -- Serving the greatest generation (1938-1945) -- Back to basics (1946-1957) -- Rebirth (1958-1968) -- Faster, slower, more maneuverable (1969-1984) -- The final NASA programs (1985-1995) -- The ODU era (1996-2009) -- Demolition of the Cave of the Winds (2010-2011) -- Appendix: Personalities at the full-scale tunnel.
Subject Langley Research Center -- History.
Langley Research Center. (OCoLC)fst00538881
Wind tunnels -- History.
Aeronautics -- Research -- United States -- History.
Astronautics -- Research -- United States -- History.
Astronautique -- Recherche -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Aeronautics -- Research. (OCoLC)fst00798376
Astronautics -- Research. (OCoLC)fst00819552
Wind tunnels. (OCoLC)fst01175710
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Ebook.
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, issuing body.
Standard No. AU@ 000069109922
Gpo Item No. 0830-I (online)
Sudoc No. NAS 1.21:2014-614

 
    
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