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de Birch J. Matthews (Autor)
A comprehensive, meticulously researched and fully documented history of Bell Aircraft Corporation and their piston engine fighters built during the Great Depression and through World War II.
While the story centers on techincal aspects of the various fighters, significant attention is also devoted to those key individuals who conceived, built and flew these innovative designs.
In addition to aircraft development, Cobra! surveys the combat use of the P-39 and P-63 fighters in the hands of American, French, Italian, and Soviet pilots.
The story continues after World War II when a number of Bell surplus fighters were successfully modified for air racing.
Presentación: | 432 páginas, 28.5 x 22.5 x 3.1 cm, tapa dura |
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Ilustración: | mas que 700 fotos en b/n y color, dibujos |
Editor: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2004) |
EAN: | 9780887409110 |
Cobra! - The Bell Aircraft Corporation 1934-1946
Idioma: Inglés
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The first American fighter fitted with a tricyle undercarriage and mid-mounted engine, the P-39 proved less than successful in the hands of its launch customer, the US Army Air Force (AAF). Hampered by unreliabilty and poor engine performance at high altitude, the P-39 nevertheless served alongside the P-40 and P-38 in the bitter struggle to capture Guadalcanal in 1942/43, as well as seeing much action over the jungles of New Guinea.
Around a dozen AAF aces scored five kills with the P-39, although this total was far outstripped by the Soviet Red Air Force, whose pilots rated the Airacobra as one of the best lend-lease fighters of the war.
This title charts the history of the P-39 Airacobra.
Presentación: | 96 páginas, 25 x 18.5 x 0.8 cm, tapa blanda |
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Ilustración: | abundantemente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos (en b/n y color) |
Editor: | Osprey Publishing (GB, 2001) |
Serie: | Aircraft of the Aces (36) |
EAN: | 9781841762043 |
P-39 Aircobra Aces of World War 2 (Osprey)
Idioma: Inglés
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After the huge advances made in the early months of the Pacific war, it was in remote New Guinea where the advance of Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force (IJNAF) A6M Zero-sen fighters was first halted due to a series of offensive and defensive aerial battles ranging from treetop height up to 30,000 ft.
Initially, the IJNAF fought Australian Kittyhawks, but by May 1942 they had fought themselves into oblivion, and were relieved by USAAF P-39 and P-400 Airacobras. The battles unfolded over mountainous terrain with treacherous tropical weather.
Neither IJNAF or USAAF pilots had been trained for such extreme conditions, incurring many additional losses aside from those that fell in combat.
Using specially commissioned artwork and contemporary photographs and testimony, this fascinating study explains how, despite their initial deficit in experience and equipment, the Airacobras managed to square the ledger and defend New Guinea.
Presentación: | 80 páginas, 25 x 18.5 x 0.7 cm, tapa blanda |
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Ilustración: | 50 fotos b/n y 13 a color |
Editor: | Osprey Publishing (GB, 2018) |
Serie: | Duel (87) |
EAN: | 9781472823663 |
P-39 / P-400 Airacobras vs A6M2/3 Zero-sen : New Guinea 1942 (Osprey)
Idioma: Inglés
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This monograph is a testament to the efforts of many people overcoming multiple technical challenges encountered while developing the Bell XV-15 tilt rotor research aircraft.
Presentación: | 224 páginas, 28 x 21 x 1.3 cm, tapa blanda |
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Ilustración: | ilustrado |
Editor: | Ross & Perry (USA, 2001) |
EAN: | 9781931641272 |
The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft - From Concept to Flight
Idioma: Inglés
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In 1947, no one knew if it was possible to break the 'sound barrier'. The Bell X-1 was the tiny, rocket-powered craft that finally broke it. It was the result of innovative designers and engineers turning their attention from the pioneering jets of World War II to a new task - an aircraft designed purely to fly faster than sound. Legendary pilots rallied to the cause, with World War II ace Chuck Yeager piloting the X-1 when it finally achieved supersonic flight in 1947, the first manned craft to reach such speeds.
With historical photographs and meticulously researched digital art, Peter Davies traces the whole career of the pioneering Bell X-1, from its early development through to the influence it had on military and civilian jets in the second half of the 20th century.
Presentación: | 80 páginas, 25 x 18.5 cm, tapa blanda |
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Ilustración: | 20 fotos b/n y 35 a color |
Editor: | Osprey Publishing (GB, 2016) |
Serie: | X-Planes (1) |
EAN: | 9781472814647 |
de Peter E. Davies (Autor)
Even before the spectacular success of its X-1 rocket-powered aircraft in breaking the `sound barrier', the adventurous Bell Aircraft Corporation was already pushing ahead with a parallel project to build a second aircraft capable of far higher speeds.
The X-2 (or Model 52) explored the equally uncertain technology of swept-back wings. Now common in modern conventional fighter aircraft, the Bell X-2 was revolutionary in using this type of airframe to probe Mach 3 and research the effects of extreme aerodynamic friction heat on airframes.
Although both X-2s were destroyed in crashes after only 20 flights, killing two test pilots, the knowledge gained from the programme was invaluable in developing aircraft that could safely fly at such speeds. Using stunning artwork and historical photographs, this is the story of the plane that ultimately made the Lockheed Blackbird and Concorde possible.
Presentación: | 80 páginas, 25 x 18.5 x 1.1 cm, tapa blanda |
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Ilustración: | 30 fotos b/n y 42 a color |
Editor: | Osprey Publishing (GB, 2017) |
Serie: | X-Planes (6) |
EAN: | 9781472819581 |
Bell 47 / H-13 Sioux Helicopter : Military and Civilian Use, 1946 to the Present
Bell UH- 1D Huey
Bye-Bye Bell: Die Huey - Eine Legende tritt ab
UH-1 Iroquois
Bell UH-1 Huey 'Slicks' 1962-75
UH-1 Huey Gunship vs NVA/VC Forces : Vietnam 1962-75
Bell AH-1 Cobra
The Bell AH-1 Cobra - From Vietnam to the Present
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