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Skystreak, Skyrocket, & Stiletto: Douglas High-Speed X-planes

Door Scott Libis

Categorie
Vliegtuigen & Luchtvaart
Boeknummer
#364128-KG11
Titel
Skystreak, Skyrocket, & Stiletto: Douglas High-Speed X-planes
Auteur
Libis, Scott
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
North Branch, MN : Specialty Press
Jaar van uitgave
2005
ISBN10
1580070841
ISBN13
9781580070843
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original glazed pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, coloured endpapers, illustrated with numerous photographs (partly in colour), oblong (circa 23x24cm).
Samenvatting
Gas turbine technology gave birth to the turbojet engine during the 1940s, ushering in the jet age. Paralleling turbojet development, the fledgling rocket engine was ready to make a grandiose debut. But aeronautical advances weren't limited to propulsion technology - the time was also right for incorporating a swept wing into a full-scale aircraft. The Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak, D-558-2 Skyrocket, and X-3 Stiletto were among the first aircraft to blend airframe to powerplant in ways that would set the standard for many modern-day aircraft designs. These aircraft were at the forefront of a renaissance in aeronautical discovery, the likes of which have not been seen since. Aeronautical history was made with these aircraft as they explored transonic and supersonic flight. One of the D-558-2 S... (Lees verder)kyrockets even became the first manned aircraft to exceed Mach 2. In this quest for knowledge, records were broken, mysteries solved, and a life was lost.
Pagina's
144
Conditie
Goed — Small tea dust jacket repaired.
Prijs
€ 15,00

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