We are pleased to announce the availability of a new NASA History publication, Fairing Well: From Shoebox to Bat Truck and Beyond, Aerodynamic Truck Research at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center by Christian Gelzer. This is NASA
SP-2011-4546 and is Monograph in Aerospace History #46. This interesting and unusual story about aerodynamics is engagingly told by Dr. Gelzer, the NASA DFRC Historian, and contains many illustrations.
To obtain a free copy, members of the public may send a self-addressed 10 x 12” envelope stamped for 6 ounces (~$1.75 for domestic postage) to the NASA History Program Office at NASA Headquarters or the NASA DFRC History Office, Box 273, Edwards, CA 93523-0273.
We also plan to post a pdf version of this monograph online soon.
Stephen Garber
NASA History Program Office
Mail Suite CO72, Room 5N11
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC 20546
202-358-0385
202-358-2866 fax
http://history.nasa.gov