Part I. The Incubation Phase: 1. Aerodynamics - what is it?; 2. The
prehistory of aerodynamics - from antiquity to Da Vinci; 3. The dawn of
aerodynamic thought - to George Cayley and the concept of the modern
airplane configuration; Part II. The Infancy of Aerodynamics and Some
Growing Pains: 4. The infancy of aerodynamics - to Lilienthal and Langley;
Part III. Aerodynamics Comes of Age: 5. Applied aerodynamics comes of age:
the Wright brothers; 6. Theoretical aerodynamics comes of age: the
circulation theory of lift, and boundary layer theory; Part IV.
Twentieth-Century Aerodynamics: 7. Aerodynamics in the age of
strut-and-wire biplanes; 8. Aerodynamics in the age of mature
propellor-driven airplanes; 9. Aerodynamics in the age of the jet airplane;
Epilogue.
