The Road to the 707
The Inside Story of Designing the 707
Cook, William H.
signed by the author !
Author: William H. Cook.
Biographical: Born in west Texas, 1915.
Graduated from R.P.I. in 1934 in Mechanical Engineering. Received Masters Degree from M.I.T. in 1938.
Private Pilot's License at Boston Airport in 1936.
FAA Airplane Mechanics License
Employed in Boeing Engineering July 1938.
In Charge of High-Speed Wind Tunnel Design.
B-29 Assistant Project Engineer
XB-47 Aerodynamics Unit Chief
Chief of Technical Staff in the Transport Division.
Retired, 1974.
If you're an airplane enthusiast, you will want to know
- How the Wright brothers succeeded, and why they were surpassed.
- Why the biplane became Standard.
- How the streamlined monoplane evolved.
- How the DC-5 started a new era in airline travel.
- How the four-engine bombers that ended World War II were designed.
- How two students designed the first jet engines while the rest of the world slept.
- Where the swept wing came from, and how it was made to work.
- How the competition between the DC-8 and 707 changed long distance travel forever.
An engineering history that traces the main path of airplane development from observations of birds in flight to modern jet transports in pilot's language by an engineer who was fortunate to be in the middle of the transition to jets.
Softcover
275 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition, signed by author
Bellevue, Washington - 1991 - TYC Publishing Company
Art.Nr. 20571
