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American X & Y Planes (2 volumes)

Door Kev Darling

Categorie	Vliegtuigen & Luchtvaart
Boeknummer	#364427-XL10
Titel	American X & Y Planes (2 volumes)
Auteur	Darling, Kev
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Ramsbury : Crowood Press UK
Jaar van uitgave	2010
ISBN10	1847971415
ISBN13	9781847971418
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	2 uniform volumes with original black boards, gilt lettered spines, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous photographds in b/w, 144+143 pages, small 4to. Volume I: Experimental Aircraft to 1945 (ISBN 9781847971418); Volume II: Experimental Aircraft since 1945 (ISBN 9781847971470).
Samenvatting	Volume I: The world of experimental and prototype aircraft throws up many interesting and unusual machines, and the aircraft manufacturers of the USA were no exception. Within a few years of the Wright Brother's first flight in 1903, World War I greatly accelerated the development of aircraft as the fighting machines of all sides were pushed to the limits to gain more speed, altitude and firepower. This book, the first of a two-volume history of the USA's 'X' and 'Y' experimental planes from the earliest years of aviation to the present day, covers the period from the Wright Brothers to the end of World War Two. As well as famous names such as Curtiss, Northrop and Boeing, many long-forgotten manufacturers such as Loening and Thomas-Morse appear in these pages. The detailed text, supporte... (Lees verder)d by extensive illustrations throughout, gives a fascinating insight into an often-overlooked area of aviation history. Volume II: In 1945 the Allies returned home with much technical information from German research concerning jet engines and swept wings. Though the USAAF had already deployed an early batch of jet fighters, Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars, to Italy in 1945, their centrifugal-flow engines had limited scope for further development compared with the axial-flow engines used by the Germans. Also, it was obvious that a new breed of airframes was needed to take advantage of the huge power increase offered by jet engines: the answer was the swept wing carefully coupled with a blended fuselage. This second volume of Kev Darling's history of American prototype and experimental aircraft tells the full story of these fascinating aircraft, from the primitive jets of the immediate post-war period to the F-22 and F-23 stealth fighters that represent the pinnacle of modern warplane design.
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