Chapter 1 An Accident of History

Chapter 2 Aerospace in Adolescence: McCook Field and the Beginnings of Modern Flight Research

Chapter 3 The Changing Nature of Flight and Ground Test Instrumentation and Data: 1940–1969

Chapter 4 The Emergence of the Turbofan Engine

Chapter 5 Engineering Experiment and Engineering Theory: The Aerodynamics of Wings at Supersonic Speeds, 1946–1948

Chapter 6 Wooden Airplanes in World War II: National Comparisons and Symbolic Culture

Chapter 7 American Aviation Technology: An International Heritage

Chapter 8 The Wind Tunnel and the Emergence of Aeronautical Research in Britain

Chapter 9 The Evolution of Aerodynamics in the Twentieth-Century: Engineering or Science?

Chapter 10 Airframe Manufacture and Engineering Exchange

Chapter 11 Blaming Wilbur and Orville: The Wright Patent Suits and the Growth of American Aeronautics

Chapter 12 Who Designs Airports… Engineers, Architects, or City Planners? Aspects of American Airport Design Before World War II

Chapter 13 Pools of Invention: The Role of Patents in the Development of American Aircraft, 1917–1997