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"During World War II, advances in aviation became unmistakable. Many nations' air forces entered the war flying biplane aircraft that were not much different from their predecessors of the previous war. They were soon eclipsed by aircraft that took advantage of new designs that utilized many aeronautical advances of the interwar period such as new power plants, stress skin aluminum structures, and aerodynamic improvements. During the war, new technologies emerged and developed such as jet-powered aircraft, which would come to dominate post-World War II military aviation. In this volume, each chapter has been written by a recognized authority in their field and draws upon the most recent research on their topic. This volume investigates a broad range of topics associated with aeronautical research and development that took place during the war within both Allied and Axis countries. It also demonstrates how the technological improvements conducted from their research were critical to those on the frontline of combat as well as how wartime expedience and technology required institutions to adapt to the world crisis"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Foreword : Engineering the Air War / Tom D. Crouch
• Introduction / Alex M Spencer
• Observation in Context : The Interwar Rebuilding of German Aviation, the Lindberghs, and the Challenges of Air Intelligence and Assessment / Richard P. Hallion
• The NACA and American Aeronautical Research in World War II / Roger D. Launius
• Japanese Aeronautical Innovation during World War II / by Juergen Paul Melzer
• TsAGI during the Great Patriotic War / F. Robert van der Linden
• Essential, Not Supportive : Women and World War II Aeronautical Research and Development at the NACA's Langley Aeronautical Research Laboratory and Beech Aircraft Company / by Emily Gibson
• Blades for Victory : Propeller Innovation, Production, and Use during World War II / Jeremy R. Kinney
• The NACA Drag Reduction Program / F. Robert van der Linden
• The Tuck-Under Problem : An Aerodynamic High-Speed Compressibility Disaster for the Lockheed P-38, and How N.A.C.A. Engineers Fixed It / John D. Anderson, Jr.
• The Evolution of the U.S. Navy's Fast Carrier Task Force in World War II / William F. Trimble
• Resighting the Norden Bombsight : Precision Tool or Area Bomber? / Breanna Lohman
• "What about Aeronautics?" : The NACA Forms the Nucleus of America's Space Agency / Layne Karafantis.

Contributors:

Spencer, Alex M. , editor

United States NASA History Office (2023- ) , issuing body, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Wartime necessity (Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, NASA History Office, [2024] — ISBN 9781626830752; LCCN 2022017576; OCLC Number 1331734583)

Related Series:

NASA SP (Series); 2024-4418

NASA history series

Subjects:

Aeronautics, Military — Technological innovations — History — 20th century

Aeronautics — Research — History — 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 — Technology

United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

World War (1939-1945)

1900-1999

Aeronautics

Aeronautics, Military — Technological innovations

Technology

Aeronautics, Military

Aeronautics — Research

United States

Genres:

History

General Notes:

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
Shipping list no.: 2024-0036-S.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xvi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

NAS 1.21:2024-4418

SuDocs Numbers:

NAS 1.21:2024-4418

ISBNs:

9781626830745 (paperback)
1626830746 (paperback)
9781626830752 (ebook)
1626830754 (ebook)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2022017575

OCLC Numbers:

1331732221