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Area 51

By: Peter W. Merlin

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Area 51

By: Peter W. Merlin

The author believes Area 51 to be exactly what it claims to be: a place where aeronautical military research takes place.

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0738576204

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9780738576206

Nevada Test Site

By: Peter W. Merlin

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Since Pres. Harry Truman established the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in December 1950, it has played a vital role in the security of the United States. For four decades, the test site's primary purpose was developmental testing of nuclear explosives. Atmospheric tests conducted over Yucca Flat and Frenchman Flat between 1951 and 1962 involved thousands of Army troops and Marines simulating nuclear battlefield conditions. Civil defense planners studied blast and radiation effects and evaluated bomb shelter designs. Testing moved underground in 1963 to eliminate radioactive fallout. Other projects at the NTS included nuclear rocket engine development for space travel, training for NASA's Apollo astronauts, excavation experiments, radioactive waste storage studies, and aircraft testing. Since the last underground nuclear test in 1992, this geographically diverse testing and training complex north of Las Vegas--known since 2010 as the Nevada National Security Site--has been used to support nuclear stockpile stewardship and as a unique outdoor laboratory for government and industry research and development efforts.

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1439658129

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9781439658123

Breaking the Mishap Chain

Human Factors Lessons Learned From Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development

By: Peter W. Merlin,Gregg A. Bendrick,National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Breaking the Mishap Chain

Human Factors Lessons Learned From Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development

By: Peter W. Merlin,Gregg A. Bendrick,National Aeronautics and Space Administration

This volume contains a collection of case studies of mishaps involving experimental aircraft, aerospace vehicles, and spacecraft in which human factors played a significant role. In all cases the engineers involved, the leaders and managers, and the operators (i.e., pilots and astronauts) were supremely qualified and by all accounts superior performers. Such accidents and incidents rarely resulted from a single cause but were the outcome of a chain of events in which altering at least one element might have prevented disaster. As such, this work is most certainly not an anthology of blame. It is offered as a learning tool so that future organizations, programs, and projects may not be destined to repeat the mistakes of the past. These lessons were learned at high material and personal costs and should not be lost to the pages of history.

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248

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Government Printing Office

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0160915635

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9780160915635

The Smell of Kerosene: Pilot's "Day at the Office"

Naval Air Operation, Jet & High Desert Research, Super Crusader, XB70, M2-F1, Triple-Sonic YF-12 Blackbird & Lunar Landing Research Vehicle

By: National Aeronautics and Space Administration,Donald L. Mallick,Peter W. Merlin

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The Smell of Kerosene: Pilot's "Day at the Office"

Naval Air Operation, Jet & High Desert Research, Super Crusader, XB70, M2-F1, Triple-Sonic YF-12 Blackbird & Lunar Landing Research Vehicle

By: National Aeronautics and Space Administration,Donald L. Mallick,Peter W. Merlin

This book puts the reader in the pilot's seat for a "day at the office" unlike any other. The Smell of Kerosene tells the dramatic story of a NASA research pilot who logged over 11,000 flight hours in more than 125 types of aircraft. Donald Mallick gives the reader fascinating first-hand description of his early naval flight training, carrier operations, and his research flying career with NASA. After transferring to the NASA Flight Research Center, Mallick became involved with projects that further pushed the boundaries of aerospace technology. These included the giant delta-winged XB-70 supersonic airplane, the wingless M2-F1 lifting body vehicle, and triple-sonic YF-12 Blackbird. Mallick also test flew the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle and helped develop techniques used in training astronauts to land on the Moon.

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e-artnow

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8026877896

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9788026877899

Area 51

By: Peter W. Merlin

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The author believes Area 51 to be exactly what it claims to be: a place where aeronautical military research takes place.

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Tonopah Test Range

By: Peter W. Merlin

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Tonopah Test Range

By: Peter W. Merlin

Established by Sandia Corporation in 1957, Tonopah Test Range (TTR) in Nevada provided an isolated place for the Atomic Energy Commission and successor agencies to test ballistic characteristics and non-nuclear components of atomic bombs. Also known as Area 52, the vast outdoor laboratory served this purpose throughout the Cold War arms race and continues to play a vital role in the stewardship and maintenance of the United States' nuclear arsenal. The range has been used for training exercises, testing rockets, development of electronic warfare systems and unmanned aerial vehicles, and nuclear safety experiments. During the late 1970s, the Air Force constructed an airfield for a clandestine squadron of captured Russian fighter planes that were used for tactical evaluations and to provide realistic air combat training for thousands of US airmen. The TTR airfield also served as the first operational base for the F-117A stealth fighter, an airplane designed to be virtually invisible to detection by radar. Now operated primarily by Sandia National Laboratories for the Department of Energy and, in part, by the Air Force Materiel Command, TTR remains a valuable national asset with unparalleled capabilities.

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143967194X

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9781439671948

Stealth

The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft

By: Peter J. Westwick

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Stealth

The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft

By: Peter J. Westwick

The story behind the technology that revolutionized both aeronautics, and the course of history On a moonless night in January 1991, a dozen airplanes appeared in the skies over Baghdad. Or, rather, didn't appear. They arrived in the dark, their black outlines cloaking them from sight. More importantly, their odd, angular shapes, which made them look like flying origami, rendered them undetectable to Iraq's formidable air defenses. Stealth technology, developed during the decades before Desert Storm, had arrived. To American planners and strategists at the outset of the Cold War, this seemingly ultimate way to gain ascendance over the USSR was only a question. What if the United States could defend its airspace while at the same time send a plane through Soviet skies undetected? A craft with such capacity would have to be essentially invisible to radar - an apparently miraculous feat of physics and engineering. In Stealth, Peter Westwick unveils the process by which the impossible was achieved. At heart, Stealth is a tale of two aerospace companies, Lockheed and Northrop, and their fierce competition - with each other and with themselves - to obtain what was estimated one of the largest procurement contracts in history. Westwick's book fully explores the individual and collective ingenuity and determination required to make these planes and in the process provides a fresh view of the period leading up to the end of the Soviet Union. Taking into account the role of technology, as well as the art and science of physics and engineering, Westwick offers an engaging narrative, one that immerses readers in the race to produce a weapon that some thought might save the world, and which certainly changed it.

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0190677449

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9780190677442

Unlimited Horizons

Design and Development of the U-2

By: Peter W. Merlin

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Unlimited Horizons

Design and Development of the U-2

By: Peter W. Merlin

Designed as a stopgap measure to provide overhead reconnaissance capability during the early years of the Cold War, the versatile U-2 has since evolved to meet changing requirements well into the 21st century. Though many authors have documented the airplane's operational history, few have made more than a cursory examination of its technical aspects or its role as a NASA research platform. This volume includes an overview of the origin and development of the Lockheed U-2 family of aircraft with early National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) involvement, construction and materials challenges faced by designers and builders, releasable performance characteristics and capabilities, use of U-2 and ER-2 airplanes as research platforms, and technical and programmatic lessons learned.

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1626830258

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9781626830257

Breaking the Mishap Chain

Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development

By: Peter W.. Merlin,Gregg A.. Bendrick,Dwight A.. Holland

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Breaking the Mishap Chain

Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development

By: Peter W.. Merlin,Gregg A.. Bendrick,Dwight A.. Holland

NASA Aeronautics Book Series. By Peter W. Merlin, et al. Contains a collection of case studies of mishaps involving experimental aircraft, aerospace vehicles, and spacecraft in which human factors played a significant role. Offered as a learning tool so that future organizations, programs, and projects may not be destined to repeat the mistakes of the past. Written in such a way as to be useful to a wide audience. Each case study includes a detailed analysis of aeromedical and organizational factors for the benefit of students, teachers, and others with an academic interest in human factors issues in the aerospace environment. Each story includes historical background.

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1481869574

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Book's by Peter W. Merlin

Area 51

Area 51

Nevada Test Site

Nevada Test Site

Breaking the Mishap Chain

Breaking the Mishap Chain

The Smell of Kerosene: Pilot's "Day at the Office"

The Smell of Kerosene: Pilot's "Day at the Office"

Area 51

Area 51

Tonopah Test Range

Tonopah Test Range

Stealth

Stealth

Unlimited Horizons

Unlimited Horizons

Breaking the Mishap Chain

Breaking the Mishap Chain

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