
Reinventing the Propeller
Aeronautical Specialty and the Triumph of the Modern Airplane
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Reinventing the Propeller
Aeronautical Specialty and the Triumph of the Modern Airplane
About this book
An international community of specialists reinvented the propeller during the Aeronautical Revolution, a vibrant period of innovation in North America and Europe from World War I to the end of World War II. They experienced both success and failure as they created competing designs that enabled increasingly sophisticated and 'modern' commercial and military aircraft to climb quicker and cruise faster using less power. Reinventing the Propeller nimbly moves from the minds of these inventors to their drawing boards, workshops, research and development facilities, and factories, and then shows us how their work performed in the air, both commercially and militarily. Reinventing the Propeller documents this story of a forgotten technology to reveal new perspectives on engineering, research and development, design, and the multi-layered social, cultural, financial, commercial, industrial, and military infrastructure of aviation.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Series information
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- A note on terms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 âThe Best Propeller for Starting Is Not the Best for Flyingâ
- 3 âEngineering of a Pioneer Characterâ
- 4 A âNew Type Adjustable-Pitch Propellerâ
- 5 âThe Propeller That Took Lindbergh Acrossâ
- 6 âThe Ultimate Solution of Our Propeller Problemâ
- 7 No.1 Propeller Company
- 8 A Gear Shift for the Airplane
- 9 Constant-Speed
- 10 âThe Spitfire Now âIs an Aeroplaneââ
- 11 A Propeller for the Air Age
- 12 Conclusion
- Essay on Sources
- Index