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Jerome C. Hunsaker's cumulative effect on both American aeronautics and engineering is immense. Early in his career, he established the aeronautical engineering program at MIT and organized the US Navy's aviation design and procurement programme during World War I. This meticulous chronicle of Hunsaker's six decades in aeronautics traces both his incredible accomplishments and dispiriting setbacks. Hunsaker's career parallels the rise of aviation in America. Whether looking at the years he spent working on aerial navigation systems for Bell Labs or commercial airships with Goodyear-Zeppelin, Trimble shows how Hunsacker drew from a varied background in the sciences and social sciences to solve many difficult technical and administrative problems. Serving for 15 years as chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics - the forerunner of NASA - was both Hunsaker's greatest challenge and his crowning achievement.

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9781588340061

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This excellent biography of Hunsaker by William F. Trimble of Auburn University provides a compelling portrait of this pivotal figure in the history of aeronautics. -- Roger D. Launius, Chair, Division of Space History, National Air and Space Museum

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William F. Trimble has written many books including Admiral William A. Moffett: Architect of Naval Aviation (Smithsonian, 1994). He is currently professor and chair of the department of history of Auburn University in Alabama.

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