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Amongst topics covered in this book are the immediate postwar designs of subsonic aircraft for both the USAF and USN, US supersonic designs, the US Vertical Take Off and Landing programme and the competitions that led ultimately to the development of such iconic aircraft as the F-14 Tomcat. Profusely illustrated throughout and comprehensive in its coverage, the material assembled is unique and will give many insights into the way US Fighter design evolved during these years and will be of interest to aviation modellers and historian alike.
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Format:Hardcover
The book explores the development of interceptor aircraft used by the USA armed forces since the end of WWII.
Most aircraft are designed to a specification and so the designs tend to look similar, however there are some strange designs. The book also mentions the "politics" behind the chosen design, with the US Navy never wanting the same aircraft as the USAF. A good example of that is the USAF wanting an interceptor, two designs get to the final stage, the F16, and the F17. The USAF order the F16 into production. The US Navy themn get loser to navalise the F17, to become the F18.
I prefered the information about the designs that never got that far, because the reasoning behind the design was shown to be flawed.
This book, like all others in the Secret Projects series is a treasure trove of data and certainly not for the casual reader.
Most aircraft are designed to a specification and so the designs tend to look similar, however there are some strange designs. The book also mentions the "politics" behind the chosen design, with the US Navy never wanting the same aircraft as the USAF. A good example of that is the USAF wanting an interceptor, two designs get to the final stage, the F16, and the F17. The USAF order the F16 into production. The US Navy themn get loser to navalise the F17, to become the F18.
I prefered the information about the designs that never got that far, because the reasoning behind the design was shown to be flawed.
This book, like all others in the Secret Projects series is a treasure trove of data and certainly not for the casual reader.
2 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
These book are great so much info and a real help if your an aerospace modeler ore just into aircraft fantastic pictures and loads of info for the curious I have them all,top item.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Endlessly fascinating!
26 Oct 2008
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I am very much a "What If" sort of airplane buff, so I love prototypes. (You should see the 48th scale Republic F-91 Thunderceptor kit I built with Air National Guard markings and nuclear-tipped Genie missiles...). But this book goes FAR beyond prototypes into the world of the never-built.
It's fascinating to see, for example, the designs that the never got off the drawing board, beaten out by what would become the Century Series. Or to see what the competitors looked like in the competition that was won by the F-16. If you like this sort of thing, you won;t put this book down until you've read the whole thing in one day. Then you'll read it again...
I could write the exact same review about all of the other books in this series.
It's fascinating to see, for example, the designs that the never got off the drawing board, beaten out by what would become the Century Series. Or to see what the competitors looked like in the competition that was won by the F-16. If you like this sort of thing, you won;t put this book down until you've read the whole thing in one day. Then you'll read it again...
I could write the exact same review about all of the other books in this series.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
You Get to See Behind the Wizard's Curtain
23 July 2008
Format:Hardcover
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.
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.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A Great Book on an Interesting Subject!
25 April 2010
Format:Hardcover
Continuing the great research as in British Secret Projects, the author produces yet another well researched, reliable, and well written volume! This book references not only little known aircraft of the U.S.A., but also those that almost made it! Complete with photographs, illustrations, technical three-view drawings, dimensions, performance data and history, I am using this one too as a consulting source for new model kit production. I look forward to several more in this series!
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