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Early Fighters
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Author : Christopher Chant
language : en
Publisher: Facts On File
Release Date : 1999
Early Fighters written by Christopher Chant and has been published by Facts On File this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Drawings, photographs, and text describe a variety of fighter planes, both U.S. and foreign, in use in World Wars I and II, including Britain's Sopwith Camel, the German Fokker and Messerschmitts, the American Curtiss series and the Lockheed Lightning.
Early Jet Fighters 1944 1954
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Author : Leo Marriott
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
Release Date : 2020-03-30
Early Jet Fighters 1944 1954 written by Leo Marriott and has been published by Pen and Sword Aviation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-30 with History categories.
A “clearly written, profusely illustrated, and well organized” volume on Soviet and European jet fighter design (Air Power History). In his previous book on early jet fighters, Leo Marriott traced the history of the revolutionary aircraft produced by the British and Americans immediately after the Second World War. Now, in this companion volume, he describes jet fighter development on the continent of Europe and in the Soviet Union during the same remarkable period. Using over 200 archive photographs he covers the pioneering German designs, then the range of experimental and operational fighters constructed by the Soviets, the French, and the Swedes. The sheer variety of the designs that manufacturers came up with during this short, intense period of innovation make for fascinating reading. Several of the most famous jet fighters feature prominently in the rare photographs and are analyzed in the expert text, including the Messerschmitt Me 262, the Heinkel He 162, the MiGs 15, 17 and 19, the Dassault Ouragan, and the Saab J29. But perhaps the most rewarding aspect of the book is its record of experimental projects testing new concepts that rapidly became established elements of jet aircraft design. The photographs of these largely forgotten aircraft give us an insight into the extraordinary technical challenges—and the ambition and inventiveness of the designers and manufacturers who overcame them.
Early Jet Fighters
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Author : Leo Marriott
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-05-30
Early Jet Fighters written by Leo Marriott and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-30 with History categories.
In almost 200 archive photographs Leo Marriott traces the course of the development of British and American jet fighters during the first pioneering decade of their production. In many ways the period from 1944 to 1954 was one of the most exciting and innovative in the history of military aviation. Rare images show the first jet fighters flown by the RAF towards the end of the Second World War and takes the story forward to the most advanced designs that played a key role in the war in Korea. The range of experimental and operational warplanes that were conceived and built during this short time was remarkable. The initial straight-wing jets began with the Gloster Meteor and Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star which were later superseded by the first operational swept-wing fighters such as the Hawker Hunter, North American F-86 Sabre and Grumman F9F-6 Cougar. Development of all these benefited greatly from German Second World War advances in aerodynamics that were exploited by the British and Americans when the war ended. Progress was so swift that, by the mid-1950s, the prototypes of the next generation of truly supersonic fighters were starting to appear, and these are featured in Leo Marriott's fascinating selection of images. He even includes a variety of prototypes which for various reasons did not result in production orders, as well as several unusual concepts such as flying boat fighters and mixed-power designs. Early Jet Fighters: British and American 1944-1954 is a graphic and informative introduction to an extraordinary stage in the evolution of the modern warplane.
Early Soviet Jet Fighters
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Author : Yefim Gordon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-04
Early Soviet Jet Fighters written by Yefim Gordon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04 with Jet fighter planes categories.
By the end of the Second World War the USA and Great Britain had developed viable jet fighters, even if these aircraft came a bit too late to have a significant impact on the course of the conflict. Germany achieved greater success, using the Me 262 and He 162 jet fighters operationally in the closing stages of the war. In contrast, the Soviet Union lagged behind, even though research on turbojet engines had begun in the USSR in the late 1930s. This deficiency was recognized and at the end of the war, captured German jet aircraft and engines enabled the USSR to reverse-engineer the technology. Even so, the USSR struggled to catch up until in 1946, the British Labor government gifted the Soviets the latest in propulsion technology, the Rolls-Royce Nene and Derwent V engines. This inexplicable action allowed a much more capable generation of Soviet jet fighters to be born and by the end of the 1940s Soviet industry had caught up with, and in some respects surpassed the West, in jet aviation. Because of the Stalinist era in which the first Soviet jets were developed, up until now little has been known about the early post-war designs from the design bureaus of Mikoyan, Yakovlev, Lavochkin, Sukhoi and Alekseyev and the background to even relatively well-known types such as the MiG-9, La-9 and YAK-15 is barely documented. Other early jet types, proposals and projects were virtually unknown in the West. This gap is now redressed by the famous Soviet aviation historian Yefim Gordon and in his latest work he draws on extensive research in design bureau files, official documents and military archives, many of which have only very recently become available, having been labelled 'Top Secret' for decades. This volume presents, in considerable detail, the development, history and technical specifications of the earliest Soviet jet fighters and the extensive illustrations-around 750 photos, over 50 specially-commissioned color drawings and a host of line drawings--are mostly from previously classified sources the majority of which are previously unseen. This book is certain to be essential reading for aviation historians, enthusiasts and modelers.
Early Jet Fighters European And Soviet 1944 1954
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Author : LEO. MARRIOTT
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Early Jet Fighters European And Soviet 1944 1954 written by LEO. MARRIOTT and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
Early Us Jet Fighters
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Author : Tony Buttler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Early Us Jet Fighters written by Tony Buttler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
A fascinating, highly illustrated insight into early post-war jet fighter development by an expert aviation historian and author, Early US Jet Fighters is set to become a standard reference.
Early Jet Fighters 1944 1954 The Soviet Union And Europe
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Author : Leo Marriott
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
Release Date : 2020-03-30
Early Jet Fighters 1944 1954 The Soviet Union And Europe written by Leo Marriott and has been published by Pen and Sword Aviation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-30 with History categories.
In his previous book on early jet fighters Leo Marriott traced the history of the revolutionary aircraft produced by the British and Americans immediately after the Second World War; in this companion volume he describes jet fighter development on the continent of Europe and in the Soviet Union during the same remarkable period. Using over 200 archive photographs he covers the pioneering German designs, then the range of experimental and operational fighters constructed by the Soviets, the French and the Swedes. The sheer variety of the designs that manufacturers came up with during this short, intense period of innovation mean that the book is fascinating reading. Several of the most famous jet fighters feature prominently in the rare photographs and are analysed in the expert text, including the Messerschmitt Me 262, the Heinkel He 162, the MiGs 15, 17 and 19, the Dassault Ouragan and the Saab J29. But perhaps the most rewarding aspect of the book is its record of experimental projects which tested new concepts that rapidly became established elements of jet aircraft design. The photographs of these largely forgotten aircraft give us an insight into the extraordinary technical challenges and the ambition and inventiveness of the designers and manufacturers who overcame them.
Early Mig Fighters In Action
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Author : Hans-Heiri Stapfer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Early Mig Fighters In Action written by Hans-Heiri Stapfer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with MiG (Fighter planes) categories.
Until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the MiG Design Bureau had a near monopoly on the supply of fighter aircraft to the Soviet Air Force and the nations within Moscow's sphere of influence. Yet the early designs of Mikoyan and Gurevich are not widely known; the MiG-1 was the fastest fighter in the world in 1940 and the improved MiG-3 was more than a match for the Bf 109F at high altitude. Other early designs included high-altitude fighter prototypes, rocket-powered aircraft, and the MiG-9, the first pure jet-powered Soviet fighter. Updated with seven pages of new material.
Britain S Forgotten Fighters Of The First World War
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Author : Paul R. Hare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Britain S Forgotten Fighters Of The First World War written by Paul R. Hare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
Those with any interest in the First World War will have have heard of the planes most associated with that conflict - the legendary Sopwith Camel and Royal Aircraft Factory's S.E.5a, which are often called the 'Spitfire' and 'Hurricane' of the Great War. Aviation enthusiasts might even know of the Camel's predecessors, the Sopwith Pup or the Triplane. But what of the many other planes that saw active service in the war? This is the story of those armed aeroplanes whose names few people can recall, the 'forgotten fighters' of the First World War, including the pusher 'gunbuses' of the early war years, the strange 'pulpit' design of the B.E.9, the desperate conversions of reconnaissance machines that were never intended to be armed, and those which were thought too tricky for the average pilot to handle. It is also the story of the brave men who flew these machines, fighting, and too often dying, for a cause they believed in. Some of these aeroplanes only served in small numbers and others in areas away from the main battle on the Western Front, but all made a vital contribution to the winning of the war. And these lost but iconic fighter aircraft, and the brave young men who flew them, deserve to be remembered just as much as the more famous aces in their legendary machines. This is their story.
Early Supersonic Fighters Of The West
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Author : Bill Gunston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Early Supersonic Fighters Of The West written by Bill Gunston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Fighter planes categories.