Lockheed P 80 F 80 Shooting Star A Photo Chronicle

Author : David R. McLaren
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780887409073
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star written by David R. McLaren and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star was the first American operational jet fighter. David McLaren's new book chronicles the development and early trials of the aircraft during Lockheed's groundbreaking attempts to create a viable jet fighter, in a period when jet propulsion was still an innovative unknown. This period also saw engineers and test pilots like Kelly Johnson and Tony LeVier facing many challenges, incidents and accidents as they attempted to create a new fighter from yet untested aerodynamic theories, and engines that were still under development. Also discussed are the record breaking transcontinental and absoulte speed records set by the Shooting Star. Detailed analysis of the Shooting Star's combat record in Korea shows why the F-80 flew more combat missions than any aircraft in the war theater. Also presented is a summation of all USAF, USAFR, and foreign countries that flew the P-80/F-80. David McLaren is also the author of Lockheed F-94 Starfire(with Marty Isham), and Beware the Thunderbolt!: The 56th Fighter Group in World War II (both titles are available from Schiffer Publishing Ltd.).

Author : William J. Norton
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 643 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Aircraft Development Second World War Legacy written by William J. Norton and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the influence of America’s Second World War aviation development and experience, subsequent aviation technological advances, and world events, in shaping American choices in military aircraft and associated weapons’ development during the few years following the war. It shows how air warfare weapons from the last conflict were carried forward and altered, how new systems evolved from these, and how the choices fared in the next war―Korea. The period was one of remarkable progress in a short span of time via a great many aircraft and weapons programs, and associated technological progress. These systems were of immense importance influencing and growing the engineering, production, and operational capabilities to be exploited for the next generation of weapons that soon followed. Emphasized is the innovative features or new technology and how these contributed to advancing American military aviation, influencing the evolution of follow-on models or types. Included are military prototype, experimental, and research aircraft that are equally important in understanding the history of American aircraft development. Combat employment, progress, and equipment adaptation during the Korean Conflict is then highlighted. Tabulated characteristics are provided of those aircraft that entered production or represented significant technological advances influencing others that follow.

Author : William Y’Blood
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786252236
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Down In The Weeds - Close Air Support In Korea written by William Y’Blood and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Korean War, the primary mission of Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer’s Far East Air Forces was air defense of the Japanese homeland. Most of the aircraft constituting Stratemeyer’s inventory were interceptors, not designed for the type of combat that would be required now that the United States was joining in the UN effort to end the war in Korea. The Joint Army/USAAF doctrine of 1946, known as Field Manual 31–35, Air Ground Operations, was also considered outdated in the present circumstance. A new approach to warfighting had to be developed in response to the strong influence of General Douglas MacArthur and other of his air officers in the Army-dominated General Headquarters Far East Command. Close air support of the ground forces as provided by Fifth Air Force came at some cost, and tempers flared in the process, but the air commanders in Korea never deprived the ground commanders of close air support if it was needed. Indeed, without the close air support provided to the airmen, the ground campaign would have been a much more bloody and difficult affair than it was.

Author : William T. Y'Blood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Down in the Weeds written by William T. Y'Blood and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428990178
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Down in the weeds : close air support in Korea written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John C. Fredriksen
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warbirds written by John C. Fredriksen and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 1999-11-02 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warbirds pays special attention to the aircraft of America's Golden Age, 1919–1939, and the breakthrough technological developments of that era. Warbirds offers more than 300 A–Z entries of the aircraft of America's Golden Age. Each entry includes a photograph of the warplane, service dates, manufacturer, records set, engineering and performance history, technical innovations, and even operational problems. To help enthusiasts and researchers, the guide cites the very latest books and periodical literature in its two extensive bibliographies. It also lists aviation museums, airplane magazines, and sources of photographs.

Author : David McLaren
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764306464
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lockheed T-33 written by David McLaren and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The T-33 jet trainer was derived from the Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star, the USAF's first operational jet fighter, in 1948. In the fifty years since its introduction the T-33 has trained more jet pilots than any other training type. In addition to this role, it has served, and continues to serve, as an attack fighter - the AT-33 - and as a reconnaissance aircraft - the RT-33 - in several foreign air forces. It was also a testbed in many development programs including tests on ejection seats and missile guidance systems, and continues yet today in various military and civilian roles.

Author : Marty J. Isham
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780887404511
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lockheed F-94 Starfire written by Marty J. Isham and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first U.S. night/all-weather fighter aircraft is chronicled, as is its use by Air Defense Command, Continental Air Command, Alaska and others.

Author : Rose Arny
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2218 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forthcoming Books written by Rose Arny and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 2218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chris Ellis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781871187427
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shooting Star written by Chris Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1999-11-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: