Separating the Real From the Imagined relates the history of flight research practiced 1915 to 1998 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and its successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. While it covers many subjects, it is not a comprehensive, exhaustive, or encyclopedic treatment.
Separating the Real From the Imagined relates the history of flight research practiced 1915 to 1998 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics...
The history of the United States Air Force is inextricably bound up in the history of aerospace technology. Major revolutions have influenced the evolution of Air Force capabilities and systems, most notably those of atomic weaponry, the turbojet revolution, supersonic flight, avionics, aerial refueling, spaceflight, precision weaponry, electronic flying controls, composite materials, and stealth. It is worthwhile to take a retrospective look at some of the aerospace challenges and opportunities the Air Force faced and how it took advantage - or failed to take advantage - of them.
The history of the United States Air Force is inextricably bound up in the history of aerospace technology. Major revolutions have influenced the evol...
