Table of contents : Front cover Flap Half-title Title Copyright Acknowledgments Contents Introduction: Collaboration with a Genius 1. Prodigy 2.The Minta 3. The Royal Joseph 4. High Priests of Georgia Augusta 5. Paris Interlude 6. Privat Dozent 7. Beginning of Aviation Science 8. New Concepts in Physics 9. Early Days at Aachen 10. World War I 11. Revolution in Hungary 12. Gliders 13. Teaching at Aachen 14. Junkers and von Zeppelin 15. First Visit to U.S. 16. Japan 17. Turbulence 18. Last Days in Germany 19. Early Days at Cal Tech 20. From Palomar to Plaster of Paris 21. Lighter than Air 22. DC-3 and Flying Wing 23. Bohr, Fermi, Einstein 24. Trailing the Wind Around the World 25. China Takes to the Air 26. New Jobs for Aerodynamics 27. Collapse of the Tacoma Bridge 28. Glimmerings of High Speed 29. Approaching Supersonic Flight 30. Rockets and the "Suicide Club" 31. JATO Becomes a Success 32. Aerojet Is Launched 33. The Vision of Hap Arnold 34. Right after the War 35. Russia and Hungary 36. Blueprint for the U.S.A.F. 37. A New Air Force Emerges 38. Dr. Tsien of Red China 39. How I "Lost" $12,000,000 40. AGARD: the Beginning 41. AGARD: in Operation 42. AGARD: the Lessons 43. Outside the Ring of Steel 44. What's Ahead Bibliography Honorary Degrees and Titles Index Flap (continued) Back cover