Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star write by David R. McLaren. This book was released on 1996. Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.).
F-80 Shooting Star Units of the Korean War
F-80 Shooting Star Units of the Korean War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook F-80 Shooting Star Units of the Korean War write by Warren Thompson. This book was released on 2019-06-27. F-80 Shooting Star Units of the Korean War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Built within a 180-day time limit in 1943, the F-80 Shooting Star first saw service in Italy in the final year of World War 2, and consequently was sent to bases in the US, Europe and the Far East after VJ Day. It was the latter groups based in Japan that initially bore the brunt of the early fighting in Korea, engaging MiG-15s in the world's first jet-versus-jet combat. Flown principally by the 8th and 49th Fighter Bomber Wings, the F-80 served until the end of the war, completing an astonishing 98,515 combat sorties, shooting down 17 aircraft (including three of the vastly superior MiG-15s), dropping over 33,000 tons of bombs, and firing over 80,000 air-to-ground rockets. Aside from the fighter-bomber Shooting Stars, the ultra-rare, but heavily used, photo-reconnaissance RF-80A saw extensive use in the frontline in Korea as a replacement for the vulnerable RF-51D. Filled with first-hand accounts and rare colour photographs taken by the veterans themselves, this is the engrossing story of the pioneering F-80 Shooting Star.
Joe Steele
Joe Steele - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Joe Steele write by Harry Turtledove. This book was released on 2015. Joe Steele available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this alternative history, Joe Steele takes the place of Franklin D. Roosevelt to become the U.S. President leading the country out of the Great Depression. The reforms he puts in place get citizens back to work, but Steele's critics end up in work camps if they complain too much about the policies.
Experimental & Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters
Experimental & Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Experimental & Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters write by Dennis R. Jenkins. This book was released on 2008. Experimental & Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Experimental and Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters examines the development of fighter airframes and engines since the end of World War II. The book covers each design that reached the hardware development stage and received an XF or YF designation from the Air Force. Sometimes the airframe/engine combination worked, as it did in the North American F-86 Sabre. Other times, technology failed, as it did in the Convair XP-92 ducted-rocket interceptor. In addition to the changing aerodynamic technologies, the evolution of offensive weapons for each evolution of fighter is also reviewed. Much of the data used in the book came from previously classified Air Force program documents. Dozens of never-before-seen photos highlight this review of Air Force fighter aircraft.
75 years of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
75 years of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 75 years of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works write by James C. Goodall. This book was released on 2021-05-13. 75 years of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works was founded in the summer of 1943 to develop a jet-powered high-altitude interceptor for the USAAF, and ever since it has been at the forefront of technological development in the world of aviation. From the XP-80 to the U-2, SR-71, F-117, F-22 and now the F-35, the Skunk Works team has designed aircraft that are the pinnacle of innovation and performance. 75 years of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works takes us through the history of this legendary facility from its foundation at the height of World War II under the talented engineer, Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, through to the present day. Illustrated with over a thousand photographs and drawings, it details the 46 unclassified programmes developed by the Skunk Works, following them through prototype build-up, first flight and, if they reached the frontline, operational service.
