USAF Flight Test Engineering Manual

USAF Flight Test Engineering ManualIn the late 1940s and early 50s, planes flew higher and faster than anyone had 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 a series of data reduction methods, and then compiled them in this Flight Test Engineering Manual. It served as a standard technical reference for the

In the late 1940Õs and early 50Õs, planes flew
higher and faster than anyone had 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 a series of data reduction methods,
and then compiled them in this Flight Test
Engineering Manual. It served as a standard
technical reference for the flight test
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 made available to the public. itÕs a unique time capsule that provides insight into the era
of ÒThe Right StuffÓ, when slide rules and
punch cards were the cutting edge, and a must-have for anyone interested in the technical aspects of flight test.