American Secret Projects: Fighters & Interceptors 1945-1978 (Secret Projects)
by Tony Buttler
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Author: Tony ButtlerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-15
ISBN: 1857802640
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Midland Pub Ltd
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Book Review: You Get to See Behind the Wizard's Curtain
Summary: 4 Stars
Too often we think of aircraft development as a string of famous planes, almost as if each new and more advanced idea was the natural course of things. Not so. This book shows some of the concepts that never got to wings and engines and some that never got past sketches that could be doodles in a junior high school notebook.
The period covered is the post WWII and Cold War era when far reaching new designs were no just intellectual exercises, but matters of national survival. Seeing the evolution of swept wings, internal versus external engines, and more is very interesting.
Besides, I saw some drawings that looked just like those I made during 8th Grade Math class when Mrs. Keck was boring me to death.
Summary of American Secret Projects: Fighters & Interceptors 1945-1978 (Secret Projects)
Throughout aviation history there have been many aircraft designs that have failed to progress beyond the drawing board for a variety of reasons. The aircraft that have taken to the skies represent only a small percentage of those that were planned.This latest title in the highly successful Secret Projects series is also the first to deal with United States aircraft. Compiled by Tony Buttler, who has been researching the subject for many years, this book examines the great variety of U.S. fighter designs between the end of World War II and the period immediately after the USA s withdrawal from Vietnam.
The book covers the immediate postwar designs of subsonic aircraft for both the USAF and USN, U.S. supersonic designs, the U.S. Vertical Take Off and Landing program, and the competitions that ultimately led to the development of iconic aircraft such as the
F-14 Tomcat.
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