Early Aviators
Scientific advancement is a process in which the results of one theorist’s work provide a starting point for those who follow. Froude’s work unquestionably provided a starting point for Taylor. The Wright brothers provided a starting point for the next ge
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Gina Hagler
Modeling Ships and Space Craft The Science and Art of Mastering the Oceans and Sky
Gina Hagler Rockville, MD USA
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To Grandpa Phil
Acknowledgment
My fascination with scale model testing and the science behind it began several years ago with a tour of the David Taylor Model Basin at Carderock, Maryland. During the tour our guide, Tom Warring, told my oldest son and me about the pioneering work done by Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor at the Experimental Model Basin. We’d never heard of this extraordinary man and immediately wanted to know more. That visit to Carderock was the start of an investigation of the science and practice of model testing that began with the help of Barbara Breedan at the Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy. Along the way to the completion of this book, I was privileged to speak with Larrie Ferreiro, naval architect and historian, who was kind enough to arrange for Julian Simon Calero
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