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Quest for Performance: The Evolution
of Modern Aircraft
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- Preface.
- Acknowledgments.
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Part I - The Age of Propellers.
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- Chapter 1.
- Introduction.
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- Chapter 2 - Design Exploration,
1914-18.
- Background.
- Fighter
Aircraft.
- Heavy
Bombers.
- Army
Cooperation Aircraft.
- The Heritage
of World War I.
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- Chapter 3 - The Lean Years,
1918-26.
- Background.
- Transport
Developments in Europe.
- High-Speed
Racing Aircraft.
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- Chapter 4 - Design Revolution,
1926-39.
- Background.
- Record
Flights.
- Monoplanes and
Biplanes.
- Synergistic
Developments.
- General
Aviation at End of Decade.
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- Chapter 5 - Design Refinement,
1939-45.
- Background.
- Aerodynamic
Problems and Refinements.
- Examples of
World War II Aircraft.
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- Chapter 6 - Design Maturity,
1945-80.
- Background.
- Transport
Aircraft.
- General
Aviation Aircraft.
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- Chapter 7 - Design Trends.
- Introduction.
- Maximum
Speed.
- Stalling
Speed, Wing Loading, and Maximum Lift Coefficient.
- Power
Loading.
- Zero-Lift Drag
Coefficient and Skin Friction Parameter.
- Maximum
Lift-Drag Ratio.
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- Chapter 8 - Boats in the
Sky.
- Background.
- Design
Considerations.
- Early Military
Flying Boats, 1914-20.
- Biplane
Flying-Boat Developments, 1920-30.
- Two Amphibian
Developments.
- Design
Transformation, 1930-40.
- Boats at War,
1940-45.
- Twilight of an
Era, 1945.
- Comparative
Aerodynamic Efficiency.
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Part II - The jet Age.
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- Chapter 9
- Introduction.
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- Chapter 10 - Technology of the Jet
Airplane.
- Background.
- Jet
Propulsion.
- Turbojet and
Turbofan Systems.
- Wings and
Configurations for High-Speed Flight.
- High-Lift
Systems.
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- Chapter 11 - Early Jet
Fighters.
- Background.
- Pioneer Jet
Fighters.
- The Swept
Wing Emerges.
- Through the
Transonic Range.
- Fighters of
the 1960's.
- Contemporary
Fighters.
- Design
Trends.
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- Chapter 12 - Jet Bomber and Attack
Aircraft.
- Background.
- Early jet
Bombers.
- The
Long-Lived Stratofortress.
- Two
Pioneering Explorations.
- Search for a
New Strategic Bomber.
- An Air Force
Night Intruder.
- Three Navy
Attack Aircraft.
- Close-Air-Support
Aircraft.
- Conclusion.
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- Chapter 13 - Jet
Transports.
- Background.
- Pioneer
Transports.
- First-Generation
Transports.
- Second-Generation
Transports.
- Wide-Body
Transports.
- New
Transports of the 1980's.
- Dedicated
Cargo Transports.
- Conclusion.
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- Chapter 14 - Business Jet
Aircraft.
- Background.
- Configuration
Features.
- Representative Aircraft
Types.
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- Appendix A. Physical and
Performance Data.
- Table I.
Characteristics of Illustrative Aircraft, 1914-18.
- Table II.
-Characteristics of Illustrative Aircraft, 1918-39.
- Table III.
Characteristics of Illustrative Aircraft, 1939-80.
- Table IV.
Characteristics of Illustrative Flying Boats.
- Table V.
Characteristics of Illustrative Jet Fighter
Aircraft.
- Table VI.
Characteristics of Illustrative Jet Bombers and
Attack Aircraft.
- Table VII.
Characteristics of Illustrative Jet Transport
Aircraft.
- Table VIII.
Characteristics of Illustrative Business Jet
Aircraft.
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- Appendix B.
- Symbols and
Abbreviations.
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- Appendix C.
- Estimated-Aerodynamic-Parameters.
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- Appendix D.
- Biplane
Terminology.
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- Appendix E.
- Mass-Flow
Rate, Thrust, and Propulsive Efficiency.
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- Appendix F.
- Estimation of
Overall Propulsion-System Efficiency.
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- Appendix G.
- Reserve-Fuel
Requirements for Transport Aircraft.
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- Appendix H.
- FAR Landing
and Takeoff Field Lengths.
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- References.
- About the
Author.
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Cover photos: On the cover (left to right): British Sopwith F.1
Camel fighter (photo by William T Larkins, courtesy off American
Aviation Historical Society); North American P-51D fighter (photo
by Peter C Boisseau); North American XB-70A supersonic bomber
(photo courtesy of North American Aviation).
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