I have been in the airplane design profession since 1955. After
working for Douglas and Boeing for about seven years, I joined the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the Ames
Research Center in 1963 and remained there until my retirement in
1994. I have been involved, either directly or tangentially, with a
large number of projects involving development of computer programs
for aeronautical applications. Most of these were government funded
and justified on the basis of value to the aviation industry and
hence to the general public. Some of these programs were
transferred to the major airplane manufacturers but few have been
updated for the desktop computers that are in widespread use today.
Many programs developed by our national laboratories have never
left the labs. When I retired from NASA, I decided that I would
obtain copies of these programs and update them to run on the
desktop computers used by practicing engineers, students and
aviation enthusiasts and to make this collection available at a
modest price. The first edition of this collection was released in
January 1996 and has been followed by a new release every January
thereafter.
The original collection with six programs has now expanded to 85.
I have been in the airplane design profession since 1955. After
working for Douglas and Boeing for about seven years, I joined the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the Ames
Research Center in 1963 and remained there until my retirement in
1994. I have been involved, either directly or tangentially, with a
large number of projects involving development of computer programs
for aeronautical applications. Most of these were government funded
and justified on the basis of value to the aviation industry and
hence to the general public. Some of these programs were
transferred to the major airplane manufacturers but few have been
updated for the desktop computers that are in widespread use today.
Many programs developed by our national laboratories have never
left the labs. When I retired from NASA, I decided that I would
obtain copies of these programs and update them to run on the
desktop computers used by practicing engineers, students and
aviation enthusiasts and to make this collection available at a
modest price. The first edition of this collection was released in
January 1996 and has been followed by a new release every January
thereafter.
The original collection with six programs has now expanded to 85.