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Flying Aircraft Carriers Of The Usaf Wing Tip Coupling
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Author : Brian Lockett
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2009-07-01
Flying Aircraft Carriers Of The Usaf Wing Tip Coupling written by Brian Lockett and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-01 with History categories.
During and after World War II, aircraft designers were faced with the problem of increasing the range of strategic bombers. Dr. Richard Vogt, a German immigrant to the United States, proposed that floating wing panels carrying fuel tanks could be attached to the wing tips of an airplane with hinges to extend its range. The floating wing panels would support their own weight, without increasing the load on the airplane's wings. The Air Force initiated a project to simulate floating wing panels with a piloted light plane that coupled to a larger airplane in flight. Soon the scope of the project expanded to explore the possibility of towing fighters coupled to the wing tips of bombers.
Flying Aircraft Carriers Of The Usaf
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Author : Brian Lockett
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008-09-11
Flying Aircraft Carriers Of The Usaf written by Brian Lockett and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-11 with History categories.
Project FICON (Fighter conveyer): In the early 1950s, the Air Force conducted a series of experiments to establish the feasibility of carrying, launching, and retrieving jet reconnaissance airplanes from giant Convair RB-36 bombers. It was hoped that the bombers would carry the reconnaissance jets to the perimeter of the Soviet Union and then release them to penetrate the air defenses. Tests of the concept were conducted in 1952 and 1953 with a Republic F-84E Thunderjet and the YF-84F Thunderstreak prototype. Twenty-six Republic RF-84F Thunderflashes and ten Convair GRB-36D carriers were modified for the project. In 1955, a squadron of carriers was established at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. A squadron of parasites was established at nearby Larson Air Force Base. Training operations began in December 1955, but the composite aircraft system faced competition from the Boeing RB-52B, Lockheed U-2, and the development of aerial refueling.
Flying Aircraft Carriers Of The Usaf Mcdonnell Xf 85 Goblin
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Author : Brian Lockett
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2009-08-01
Flying Aircraft Carriers Of The Usaf Mcdonnell Xf 85 Goblin written by Brian Lockett and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with History categories.
The P-85 Goblin was the only airplane that ever flew which was designed from scratch to be operated entirely from another airplane. The development of the B-36 by the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas resulted in a requirement for fighter protection for the bomber at distances from any friendly base that far exceeded the range of currently available escort fighter airplanes. Due to the inability of contemporary fighters to escort B-36 bombers all the way to their targets, the Army Air Corps initiated Project MX-472, Unconventional Fighter Design Studies, on December 3, 1942. The primary objective of the project was the development of a suitable method of protecting the B-36 on long-range bombing missions. The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation designed the P-85 Goblin to fit entirely within the confines of the bomb bay of the B-36. The little fighter was just fifteen feet long with a wing sapn of twenty-one feet.
Fly Navy
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Author : Philip Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: MetroBooks
Release Date : 2001
Fly Navy written by Philip Kaplan and has been published by MetroBooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Aircraft carriers categories.
Describes aircraft carriers of the past and present, the planes that have flown from them, and the lives of the men and women who run the ships and fly the planes.
The Airships Akron Macon
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Author : Richard K. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1965
The Airships Akron Macon written by Richard K. Smith and has been published by Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Technology & Engineering categories.
On Wave And Wing
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Author : Barrett Tillman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-02-27
On Wave And Wing written by Barrett Tillman and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-27 with History categories.
What defended the U.S. after the attack on Pearl Harbor, defeated the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and is an essential tool in the fight against terror? Aircraft Carriers. For seventy years, these ships remained a little understood cornerstone of American power. In his latest book, On Wave and Wing , Barrett Tillman sheds light on the history of these floating leviathans and offers a nuanced analysis of the largest man-made vessel in the history of the world.
Aircraft Carriers
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Author : Antony Preston
language : en
Publisher: Gallery Books
Release Date : 1982
Aircraft Carriers written by Antony Preston and has been published by Gallery Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Aircraft carriers categories.
Balls Three
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Author : Brian Lockett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-04-29
Balls Three written by Brian Lockett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-29 with categories.
The NB-52A 52-0003 and its sister ship, the NB-52B 52-0008 were diverted to the special mission of launching the X-15 hypersonic research airplane in 1958 following their service as early test examples of the B-52 Stratofortress. While the two Stratofortresses were engaged in the task of launching the three X-15 rocket planes, a series of rocket powered lifting bodies were developed that utilized the existing air launch capability. The NB-52A was a flying launch pad, which is a highly complex task. It had to supply the rocket planes that it carried with the propellants, gases, and power normally associated with a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center, all while flying nine miles above the ground. This ability made the airplane an indispensable asset for aeronautical research. Its right wing was reinforced and equipped with a pylon to carry the heaviest wing-borne payloads ever dropped from an airplane. Some of the payloads that it dropped exceeded 50,000 pounds, nearly 1/5 of its own weight. The X-15 rocket planes launched by this Stratofortress carried pilots to unprecedented speeds and altitudes. They were the first winged vehicles to reach speeds of Mach-4, Mach-5, and Mach-6. They were also the first winged vehicles to exceed 130,000 feet altitude, eventually reaching over 364,000 feet, high above nearly all the Earth's atmosphere. Five pilots qualified for astronaut's wings by exceeding an altitude of fifty miles in the X-15s. Tragically, one of those astronauts was killed on his qualifying flight when the third X-15 broke up as it re-entered the atmosphere. Later in the career of the NB-52A, the X-15s were joined by a trio of heavyweight lifting bodies. The Northrop M2-F2 and HL-10 and the Martin Marietta X-24A were wingless, rocket-powered research vehicles that evaluated potential configurations of future orbital spacecraft, concentrating on the later stages of re-entry and landing. They established the feasibility of gliding to a landing in a spacecraft with a low glide ratio, the method utilized by the Rockwell Space Shuttle.
Frontline And Experimental Flying With The Fleet Air Arm
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Author : Geoffrey Higgs
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2010-06-19
Frontline And Experimental Flying With The Fleet Air Arm written by Geoffrey Higgs and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The first Royal Navy pilot to fly transatlantic non-stop (in a Buccaneer) describes his thirty-five-year career in the Fleet Air Arm and as an Empire Test Pilot. The spectacle of Alan Cobham’s Flying Circus and the Fleet at anchor in Weymouth inspired the author’s lifelong passion for aeroplanes, flying and the Royal Navy. World War Two provided the opportunity to fulfil his ambition and at eighteen he volunteered for the Fleet Air Arm as a pilot. Training in Canada began a Naval flying career that spanned thirty-years. Front line squadron service, embarked on aircraft carriers was followed by qualification as a flying instructor. Selection for the Empire Test Pilots School at Farnborough and qualification as an experimental Test Pilot changed the direction of his naval career. In all he flew nearly one hundred types of aircraft and carried out close to a thousand deck landings. Initial flight testing of several new naval aircraft, as well as research flying in support of the development of aircraft such as the English Electric Lightning and Concorde added to a unique career. Such a long and varied period of flying was not without the inevitable mishaps. A near catastrophic catapult launch of a new naval aircraft, the jamming of the power control system in a research aircraft and hazardous flying through tropical storms at supersonic speeds to determine safety factors for Concorde’s intended Far East route were some of the dangers of flying at the cutting edge. As pilot, he flew the first Royal Naval aircraft to cross the Atlantic non-stop without in-flight refuelling or navigational aids. He describes the fascinating ten-day flight from Croydon to Rangoon across Europe, the Middle East, Pakistan and India to deliver a Percival Provost trainer to the Burmese Air Force. Praise for Frontline and Experimental Flying with the Fleet Air Arm “Follow Higgs from one cockpit/conference room/country to another. You’ll be as surprised as he is that he lived to tell about some of these adventures.” —Speedreaders “This hefty [book] chronicles . . . a life crammed with flying all types of aircraft, mostly shipboard, and the inevitable mishaps. . . . A good read, particularly for those of us who soak up anything to do with ships and aircraft. The shipboard accounts of catapult trials, amongst other sections, are gripping, and the times in Singapore and the Far East add to the appeal, as do the various accounts of life alongside the Americans. Geoffrey Higgs flew nearly 100 different types of aircraft in his career and his love of flying shines through the pages.” —Alan Rawlinson
Aircraft Carriers
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Author : Michael Green
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2000-09
Aircraft Carriers written by Michael Green and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09 with categories.
Provides an introduction to aircraft carriers, the ships known as "floating airports," from their inception in the early twentieth century, through their development during World War II, to the various classes of carriers in use today.