From Research to Relevance

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From Research to Relevance: Significant Achievements in Aeronautical Research at Langley Research Center (1917-2002).

Each subject has from a page to a page and a half of information.

NACA Cowling - 1928
Drag Cleanup - 1939
Airfoil Technology - 1942
Slotted Throat Transonic Tunnel - 1946
Area Rule - 1953
Externally Blown Flap - 1955
Variable Sweep-Wing Concept - 1959
Vertical andshort take off and landing - 1960
Flutter clearance - 1960
Vortex lift - 1964
Supercritical Wing - 1964
Runway grooving - 1965
Composites - 1970
Cryogenic Wind Tunnel Technology - 1073
Glass Cockpits - 1973
Crashworthiness - 1975
Computational Fluid Dynamics - 1975
Thrust Vectoring - 1975
Noise REduction - 1978
Lightning Characterization - 1978
Wake Vortex Technology - 1980
Airborne Windshear Detection - 1983
High-Angle-of-Atteack Technology - 1988
Synthetic Vision TEchnology - 1993
Advanced General Aviation Technologies - 1994
Hypersonic Airbreathiung Technology - 1996
Advanced Vehicle Concepts - 2000
Advanced Morphing materials - 2001