The Grand Designers
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The Grand Designers

The Evolution of the Airplane in the 20th Century

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Grand Designers

The Evolution of the Airplane in the 20th Century

About this book

The airplane has experienced phenomenal advancement in the twentieth century, changing at an exponential rate from the Wright brothers to the present day. In this ground breaking work based on new research, Dr John D. Anderson, Jr, a curator at the National Air and Space Museum, analyzes the historical development of the conceptual design process of the airplane. He aims to answer the question of whether airplane advancement has been driven by a parallel advancement in the intellectual methodology of conceptual airplane design. In doing so, Anderson identifies and examines six case histories of 'grand designers' in this field, and challenges some of the preconceived notions of how the intellectual methodology of conceptual airplane design advanced. Filled with over one hundred illustrations which bring his words to life, Anderson unfolds the lives and thoughts of these grand designers.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Series information
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright information
  6. Table of contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1 Introduction: Before the Beginning
  9. 2 The Beginning: The Wright Brothers and Their Design Process
  10. 3 Setting the Gold Standard: The Design Methodology of Frank Barnwell
  11. 4 Products of the First Design Revolution: Arthur Raymond and the DC-3
  12. 5 Design for Speed: R. J. Mitchell and the Spitfire
  13. 6 Design Perfection: Edgar Schmued and the P-51 Mustang
  14. 7 Defying the Limits: The Jet Airplane, the Second Design Revolution, and Kelly Johnson
  15. 8 Airplane Design and the Grand Designers: The End Game
  16. Appendix A: Calculation of Change in Maximum Velocity of the Spitfire: Elliptic Wing versus a Straight Tapered Wing
  17. Appendix B: Thrust Available: Comparison of a Piston Engine/Propeller Combination with a Jet Engine
  18. Index