USAF Flight Test Engineering

In the late 1940's and early 50's, planes flew higher and faster than anyone dreamed possible. The jet age had arrived, and along with it came turbojet and rocket-powered aircraft capable of flying beyond the speed of sound.

To assess these aircraft, the Air Research and Development Command developed data reduction methods, and then compiled them in this Flight Test Engineering Manual. It served as a standard reference for the engineers, program managers, pilots and support teams for many of the X-plane programs of the 1950s.

This reprint represents the first time in over fifty years that this book has been available, and the first time it has ever been available to the public.

It's a unique time capsule that provides insight into the era of when slide rules and punch cards were the cutting edge.

474 pages, 8.5x11, softbound, b&w interior, color covers.