LEADER 00947nam0-2200325---450- 001 990008452600403321 005 20070118115847.0 035 $a000845260 035 $aFED01000845260 035 $a(Aleph)000845260FED01 035 $a000845260 100 $a20070118d1967----km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $aeng 102 $aUS 105 $ay-------001yy 200 1 $a<>theory of thin wings in subsonic flow$fSergei Mikhailovich Belotserkovskii$gtranslation editor Maurice Holt 210 $aNew York$cPlenum Press$d1967 215 $aXVI, 230 p.$d28 cm 610 0 $aAerodinamica 610 0 $aAeroplani 676 $a629.1333 700 1$aBelotserkovsky,$bSergei Mikhailovich$0348116 702 1$aHolt,$bMaurice 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990008452600403321 952 $aB 49$b263$fDINPA 959 $aDINPA 996 $aTheory of thin wings in subsonic flow$9728323 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03074nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910462895703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61374-431-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000341964 035 $a(EBL)1162760 035 $a(OCoLC)836403910 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000856194 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11507531 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000856194 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10807528 035 $a(PQKB)11408411 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1162760 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1162760 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10685215 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL532281 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000341964 100 $a20111102d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe great American jet pack$b[electronic resource] $ethe quest for the ultimate individual lift device /$fSteve Lehto 210 $aChicago $cChicago Review Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61374-430-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Front Flap; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1 Flying Shoes and Hovering Platforms; 2 The Hiller and de Lackner Flying Platforms; 3 The Age of Man Rockets; 4 The Quest for the Rocket Belt; 5 Wendell F. Moore and the Bell Rocket Belt; 6 The Rocket Belt Flies; 7 The Bell Rocket Men; 8 The Sud Ludion and the Pogo; 9 William P. Suitor: Rocket Man; 10 The Jet Flying Belt; 11 The WASP; 12 The WASP Gets Kinesthetic Control: The WASP II; 13 The Rocket Belt Returns; 14 The Pretty Bird Saga; 15 Civilian Rocket Belts; 16 The Modern Rocket Belt in the Public Eye 327 $a17 Ducted Fan Lift Devices18 Hal Graham; 19 Jetlev; 20 Jetman: Yves Rossy; 21 When Will We Have Jet Packs?; Epilogue | Where Are They Today?; Appendix | Origin Hoaxes; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Notes; Index; Back Flap; Back Cover 330 $aTracing the remarkable history of a certain kind of flying machine-from the rocket belt to the jet belt to the flying platform and all the way to Yves Rossy's 21st-century free flights using a jet-powered wing-this historical account delves into the technology that made these devices possible and the reasons why they never became commercial successes on a mass scale. These individual lift devices, as they were blandly labeled by the government men who financed much of their development, answered man's desire to simply step outside and take fligh 606 $aPersonal propulsion units$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aAeronautical engineers$zUnited States$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPersonal propulsion units$xHistory. 615 0$aAeronautical engineers 676 $a629.14 700 $aLehto$b Steve$0946182 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462895703321 996 $aThe great American jet pack$92137585 997 $aUNINA