Category: Military Technology

By Jerry Scutts

Surely the easiest American fighter of worldwide conflict 2, the North American P-51 Mustang served in huge numbers with the USAAF’s 8th Air strength from past due 1943 until eventually VE Day, and used to be the mount of such a lot aces in-theatre. Charged with the accountability of escorting large formations of B-17 Flying fort and B-24 Liberator bombers on sunlight raids deep into Germany, the P-51 pilots of a number of the fighter teams in the ’Mighty 8th’ went nose to nose with the cream of the Luftwaffe’s fighter squadrons for regulate of the skies over the 3rd Reich. plane of the Aces 1, 19 and 24 also are to be had in one quantity as ‘Aces of the strong Eighth’.

By Bill Norton

This joint Bell and Boeing venture was once confirmed in 1982 in line with the Joint companies complex Vertical elevate application protecting a large functionality envelope and a number of projects. the reply got here within the type of the V-22 tilt-rotor, an idea validated previous by way of Bell with their 1977 XV-15. The shipping airplane kind fuselage of the V-22, capable of hold 24 troops, is crowned by means of a wing with a posh flap/aileron procedure and swivelling pods housing Rolls-Royce turboshaft engines, every one riding huge, immense three-bladed prop-rotors. The purpose was once that the USAF might obtain the CV-22B for designated missions paintings, the USA Marine Corps the MV-22B attack transports and the USA military the HV-22B CSAR/fleet logistics model, however the technologically not easy software has been set again through deadly injuries and an 18 month grounding whereas flight questions of safety have been addressed.However, it's set to recommence a limited improvement software making sure that the construction airplane will start to be brought on the finish of 2003 and achieve preliminary working potential by way of 2005, making this complete new booklet a well timed in-depth assurance of the airplane.

By Jean Labayle Couhat

By Brian L. Davis

Loads of photos and outlines of German wrestle Uniforms of worldwide struggle II

By Gregory Kramer

By Alfred Price, Tony Blackman, Andrew Edmondson

The outstanding Avro Vulcan is an everlasting photograph of the chilly battle period while the realm stood close to nuclear annihilation. for a few years the RAF’s delta-wing jet bomber was once the cornerstone of Britain’s nuclear deterrent. examine the Vulcan’s operational historical past and take a close-up examine its development. become aware of what it takes to possess and fly the strong V-bomber, and learn the way engineers maintain it airworthy. Centrepiece of the handbook is Vulcan XH558 – the world’s in simple terms flying instance of an Avro Vulcan.

By Bert Kinzey

Mig Kill Markings from the Vietnam conflict, half 1 КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: Kalmbach Publishing Co.Серия: shades & Markings 12Автор(ы): Bert Kinzey, Ray LeaderЯзык: EnglishГод издания: 1989Количество страниц: 82ISBN: 1-85310-612-7Формат: pdfРазмер: 29.4 mbRapid0

By Kenneth Munson

Карманная энциклопедия мировой авиации в цвете (The pocket encyclopaedia of global plane in color ) - так написал на титульном листе своей книги автор, известный военный историк Кеннет Мансон. Речь в книге пойдет о самолетах периода первой мировой войны (1914-1919).

By Hugh Morgan

No unmarried quantity in English has ever seemed within the West facing this interesting topic zone, yet now that regulations have secure within the former Soviet Union, documents of the deeds of the elite pilots of a few of the Soviet Air Forces are coming to mild. even though before everything outfitted with very terrible plane, and robbed of potent management thank you as a lot to Stalin's purges within the past due Nineteen Thirties as to the efforts of the Luftwaffe, Soviet fighter pilots quickly grew to become the tables by utilizing either lend-lease plane just like the storm, Spitfire, P-39 and P-40, and home-grown machines just like the MiG-3, LaGG-3/5, Lavochkin La-5/7/9 and the Yak-1/3.