RE: Remembering Carl Goldberg Models
I was going to school and I was writing a research paper. I had a stack of NASA tech-briefs which I was using for research. And I came across an article about Carl Goldberg. Hmm.
NASA tech-briefs had articles about just about any leading edge development in engineering you could imagine. And some of it did pertain to aviation. As did the Carl Goldberg article.
The USAF had used a flying stab on a high altittude research vehicle and were using it like a de-thermalizer. The thing popped up vertical and the plane would decend almost straight down. High rate of decent, but completely controlled. Its was pretty cool. And of course they went way to far into the math and science.They did credit Carl with the design idea. And theyexplained his background and the original use of de-thermalizers.