supersonic-wing theory
21flight, history of — ▪ aviation Introduction development of heavier than air flying machines. Important landmarks and events along the way to the invention of the airplane include an understanding of the dynamic reaction of lifting surfaces (or wings), building… …
22North American XB-70 Valkyrie — XB 70 Valkyrie X …
23military aircraft — Introduction any type of aircraft that has been adapted for military use. Aircraft have been a fundamental part of military power since the mid 20th century. Generally speaking, all military aircraft fall into one of the following… …
24Drag (physics) — Shape and flow Form drag Skin friction 0% 100% 10% 90% …
25B-1 Lancer — Infobox Aircraft name = B 1 Lancer type = Strategic bomber national origin = United States manufacturer = North American Rockwell Rockwell International Boeing caption = A B 1B Lancer in flight. designer = first flight = 23 December 1974… …
26Area rule — The Whitcomb area rule, also called the transonic area rule, is a design technique used to reduce an aircraft s drag at transonic and supersonic speeds, particularly between Mach 0.75 and 1.2. This is one of the most important operating speed… …
27Compressibility — This article is about thermodynamics and fluid mechanics. For other uses, see Compression (disambiguation). Incompressibility redirects here. For the property of vector fields, see Solenoidal vector field. Thermodynamics …
28John Carver Meadows Frost — known as Jack (born 1915 in Walton on Thames, England, died 9 October 1979 in Auckland, New Zealand) was a British aircraft designer. His primary contributions centred on pioneering supersonic British experimental aircraft and as the chief… …
29Douglas 2229 — Douglas Aircraft Company s Model 2229 was a proposed supersonic transport (SST) originally started as a private study. The design progressed as far as making mock ups of the cockpit area and wind tunnel models of the overall layout. After… …
30Fictional military aircraft — are imagined aircraft which are used in fiction, in its various media, but do not exist in the real world. These aircraft may be conjectured variants of real world aircraft or they may be completely fabricated by the author. Contents 1 Fictional… …
