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The Secret Years. Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945

Categorie	Vliegtuigen & Luchtvaart
Boeknummer	#224148
Titel	The Secret Years. Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945
Auteur	Mason, Tim
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Crecy Publishing, Manchester
Jaar van uitgave	2010
ISBN10	1902109147
ISBN13	9781902109145
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	The highly classified work of the A&AEE (Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment) at Boscombe Down included the intense, ever-expanding business of testing aircraft and their varied armaments in WWII. Over 1,500 British, American, and German aircraft of the RAF, Fleet Air Arm, Army--and the Luftwaffe--were tested at Boscombe Down. Aircraft as diverse as the Aerovan, Barracuda, Pitcairn PA39, and Nomad were put though their paces together with, amongst others the Skymaster, Vengeance, Lightning, Hudson, and Welkin plus the more well-known Wellington, Mosquito, Halifax, Ju88, Fw190, and Spitfire. Using 500 photographs, The Secret Years explores unusual variants of standard service aircraft types, machines which remained purely experimental, and the trials with their guns, ... (Lees verder)bombs, rockets, and equipment. Performance tables, details of production, and rogue aircraft tests together with more than 90 color profiles ensure The Secret Years forms a comprehensive reference source for the historian and modeler alike.
Pagina's	368
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 25,00

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