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  • Hardcover. Condition: Very Good EX-LIBRARY. No jacket. First Edition. New York: Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, Inc., 1955. Very Good EX-LIBRARY, stamped "WITHDRAWN" on front and rear endpapers. Bound in the original blue cloth. Clean, square, and tight. Gilt lettering is still bright. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with diagrams, photos. Tables. Charts. Equations. Among the proceedings are: DESIGN OF HIGH-SPEED AIRCRAFT by E. H. Heinemann; DESIGN OF LARGE HELICOPTERS by Bartram Kelley; HYPERSONIC FLOW by Lester Lees; ON THE BEHAVIOR OF BOUNDRY LAYERS AT SUPERSONIC SPEEDS by R. J. Monaghan; FATIGUE OF AIRCRAFT PRESSURE CABINS by Percy B. Walker; JET NOISE by F. B. Greatrex; LOW-CONSUMPTION TURBINE ENGINES by Adrian A. Lombard; POWER PLANTS FOR SUPERSONIC FLIGHT by Eric S. Moult; etc. Convened by the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences and The Royal Aeronautical Society. From the Foreword: "This volume contains the complete papers and discussions presented during the technical sessions of the IAS-RAeS Fifth International Aeronautical Conference. This conference attracted 116 official delegates of The Royal Aeronautical Society and some 500 IAS members from all parts of the United States and Canada. ". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY/No jacket. 560pp.