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 : FROM THE GROUND UP





Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.1300924
EAN: 9780874749502
ISBN: 0874749506
Label: Smithsonian
Manufacturer: Smithsonian
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 447
Publication Date: March 17, 1988
Publisher: Smithsonian
Studio: Smithsonian




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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - An exhaustive history of an American aircraft designer.
Fred Weick was perhaps the most important person to single-handedly change the general aviation world through his design for safety. Extremely influentially, but sadly, seldom credited, he is responsible for the design of the propeller seen on every general aviation aircraft for the last fifty years. His work on the propeller, as well as the Ercoupe airplane, Pawnee agricultural spray plane as well as the NACA early years is recounted in this excellently-written history. It is most likely enjoyed ... Read More







 






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