1 A Dream Comes True: The Wright Brothers and Their Predecessors. - 1. 1 The First Flights at Kitty Hawk. - 1. 2 Mythology and Legend. - 1. 3 Early Adventures. - 1. 4 From Cayley to the Wright Brothers. - 2 Milestones of the Modern Age. - 2. 1 Notes on Aeronautical Research. - 2. 2 Great Moments in Aviation. - 3 The Nature of Liquids and Gases. - 3. 1 Description and Properties. - 3. 2 Behavior of Liquids at Rest. - 4 The Atmosphere of the Earth. - 4. 1 History and Composition. - 4. 2 Structure. - 4. 3 Global Circulation. - 5 Air in Motion. - 5. 1 Description of Movement: Kinematics. - 5. 2 Conservation of Mass and Energy. - 5. 3 Viscosity and Turbulence. - 5. 4 The Boundary Layer. - 6 Turning to Aerodynamics. - 6. 1 How Do We Test Models of Airplanes?. - 6. 2 Drag Lift and Other Coefficients. - 7 Aerodynamic Drag. - 7. 1 What Is Drag? Blunt Bodies. - 7. 2 The Strange Case of the Sphere. - 7. 3 Slender Bodies Skin Friction Airfoils. - 7. 4 Automobiles Etc. - 8 Aerodynamic Lift. - 8. 1 Early Experience and Some History. - 8. 2 Lift of the Infinitely Extended Wing. - 8. 3 The Finite Wing of an Airplane. - 8. 4 How Birds Fly and Why We Cannot Copy Them. - 9 Notes on the Whole Airplane. - 9. 1 Stability and Control. - 9. 2 Propulsion: From Propellers to Rockets. - 10 Toward High Speed: Supersonic and Hypersonic Flight. - 10. 1 Pushing the Speed of Sound. - 10. 2 From Supersonic Transports to Future Dreams. - 11 Air Transportation and the Outlook for the Future. - 11. 1 The New Traffic Patterns. - 11. 2 What Next. - Appendix 1 Facts from Algebra. - Appendix 2 Model Testing and Similarity. - A2. 1-Aircraft Nomenclature and Model Testing. - A2. 2-Dimensions and Units. - A2. 3-Similarity Parameters and Model Testing. - Appendix 3 History of the Metric System: The SI System and Conversion Tables. - Appendix 4 Suggestions for Further Reading. - Appendix 5 Study Guide. - Figure and Table Credits. - Name Index. Language: English