Since its creation, NASA has steadily advanced flight within the atmosphere,
repeatedly influencing aviation's evolution by extending the rich legacy of
its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA.
The first volume in a two-volume set includes case studies and essays on
NACA-NASA research for contributions such as high-speed wing design,
the area rule, rotary-wing aerodynamics research, sonic boom mitigation,
hypersonic design, computational fluid dynamics, electronic flight control
and environmentally friendly aircraft technology.
The second volume includes case studies and essays on NACA-NASA research
for contributions including wind shear and lightning research, flight
operations, human factors, wind tunnels, composite structures, general
aviation aircraft safety, supersonic cruise aircraft research and
atmospheric icing

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