Fifty Years of Aeronautical Research.

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ERIC Number: ED059043

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Publication Date: 1967

Pages: 79

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Fifty Years of Aeronautical Research.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC.

This booklet contains a detailed review of the aeronautical research conducted at Langley Research Center during the 50 years after its construction in 1917 as the first research laboratory for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The research is discussed in five parts, by decades: 1917-27, 1928-37, 1938-47, 1948-57, 1958-67. Photographs of aircraft are presented throughout the review. (PR)

Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Aviation Technology, Research Projects, Resource Materials, Science History, Technological Advancement

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Authoring Institution: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC.

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