The purpose of the report is to assist high school administrators in determining proper qualifications for teaching aviation courses in the different states. The report indicates that states which have had the greatest growth in the number of aviation courses in recent years are those having flexible requirements. Names, titles, and addresses of a…

This booklet contains a detailed review of the aeronautical research conducted at Langley Research Center during the 50 years after its construction in 1917 as the first research laboratory for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The research is discussed in five parts, by decades: 1917-27, 1928-37, 1938-47, 1948-57, 1958-67.…

Performance objectives are stated for the unit describing a course in aeronautics with emphasis on pre-flight facts and the physical principles involved in flight. Prepared for the Dade County Florida Quinmester Program, it offers an introduction to navigation, an opportunity to construct a flying test model and, as an optional learning…

Recounts the contributions of Robert Goddard from the years of 1911 to 1930 to the development of the physics of rocketry. Discusses the results of Goddard's series of rocket experiments endorsed by the Smithsonian Institute, and Goddard's claims to priority in the development of rocket theory. (MDH)

While it has proven important in regaining student interest, for the most part, aerospace has remained dormant in New Jersey schools. (Editor)

Describes a two-year college-level program in air traffic control. (GR)

Summarizes highlights of the 1976 National Congress on Aerospace Education held March 30th to April 2nd in Nashville, Tennessee. (SL)

This book is one in the series on Aerospace Education I. It briefly reviews current knowledge of the universe, the earth and its life-supporting atmosphere, and the arrangement of celestial bodies in outer space and their physical characteristics. Chapter 1 includes a brief survey of the aerospace environment. Chapters 2 and 3 examine the…

Presents the final part of a review of the literature on the history and development of flight research as it applies to flight instruction. (MLH)

Describes a three-day Forum for the Advancement of Students in Science and Technology (FASST), at which students from 20 colleges and universities and six Soviet students discussed the application of aerospace technology to the problems of society. (MLH)

The central task of the workshop summarized in this report was to examine the relationship of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) aeronautical research capabilities to the state of U.S. aviation and to make recommendations about NASA's future roles in aeronautics. Topics include NASA's role in: (1) aeronautics research and…

This book, one in the series on Aerospace Education I, provides a description of some of the discoveries that spacecraft have made possible and of the experience that American astronauts have had in piloting spacecraft. The basic principles behind the operation of spacecraft and their boosters are explained. Descriptions are also included on…