Background
Anderson, John David was born on October 1, 1937 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John David and Esther Pearl (Stoneback) Anderson.
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Commissioned in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Powered Flight. The airplane is a system comprising aspects of aerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics, and structures. This book outlines the history of the technical development of the airplane. Richly illustrated, it moves the reader through time beginning with Leonardo da Vinci and forward to the present. In each chronological period, the various aspects of the synthesis of aerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics, and structures to the design of flying machines is described and critically evaluated.
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Anderson, John David was born on October 1, 1937 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John David and Esther Pearl (Stoneback) Anderson.
B.Aero. Engineering with honors (General Motors scholar, J. Hillis Memorial scholar), U. Florida, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Aero. Engineering, Ohio State University.
Chief hypersonics group, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland., 1966-1973; professor, department chairman aerospace engineering, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1973; Charles Lindbergh professor, National Air Space Museum Smithsonian Institution, 1986-1987.
(Commissioned in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of P...)
Served with United States Air Force, 1959-1962. Fellow Washington Academy Sciences (Engineering Science award 1975), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member American Society Engineering Education, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Tau, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma.
Married Sarah Allen West, September 11, 1960. Children: Katherine Josephine, Elizabeth Esther.