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British Secret Projects 2

Tony Buttler
British Secret Projects 2 Book PDF

Author : Tony Buttler
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 1910809101

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Like fighters, many bomber projects were drawn by British aircraft manufacturing companies in times of potential or actual combat. While names such as Canberra, Vulcan, Victor, TSR2, Harrier and Tornado are known to many as they made it into the skies, the fact that so many other projects from different companies remained on the drawing board provides a rich diversity of 'might-have-been' aircraft designs ripe for coverage. As with British Secret Projects 1: Jet Fighters Since 1950, the author has researched extensively with particular emphasis on the design and development work that took place within various tender design competitions. Many little-known projects are included that help to illustrate how British bomber development changed against a backdrop of political upheaval, shrinking defense expenditure and technological advancement including supersonic flight, nuclear weapons and VTOL. The story which starts with Britain's quest for a jet-powered Mosquito replacement and concludes with reference to the next leap forward, FOAS, an unarmed bomber flown by pilots on the ground. Accompanied by detailed appendices of all British post-war bomber projects and specifications, color photographs and artwork, British Secret Projects 2: Jet Bombers Since 1949 provides a wealth of detailed information on the fascinating world of Cold War secret bomber projects.

British Secret Projects 1: Jet Fighters Since 1950

Tony Buttler
British Secret Projects 1 Jet Fighters Since 1950 Book PDF

Author : Tony Buttler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-05
Category : Fighter planes
ISBN : 1910809055

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British Secret Projects 1: Jet Fighters Since 1950 by Tony Buttler Pdf

The original version of this book described the development work from the end of WWII to build the new generation of British jet fighters, in doing so it lifted the lid on many projects and 'dead-ends' which had never been publically discussed. This was the book that launched the hugely successful 'Secret Projects' series and the writing career of renowned historian and author Tony Buttler. This completely revised and redesigned second editiontakes the original primary source material and adds to it new material that has come to life in the decades since the original edition was published. Particular emphasis is placed on the tender design competitions and the decisions at the Air Ministry to reject many promising projects, yet allow others to be built and flown. Aircraft types covered include the Hawker P.1103/P.1116/P.1121 series, the extraordinary jet and rocket mixed power-plant interceptors from Saunders-Roe, the equally impressive Fairey 'Delta III' and the origins of today's Hawk and Eurofighter. The book includes appendices that list all the British fighter projects and specifications for this period. There are also a number of specially commissioned color renditions of 'might-have-been' types in contemporary markings, plus photographs and general arrangement 3-view drawings--over 400 illustrations in total. The result is a unique insight into the secret world of British jet fighter projects through the 'golden years' of the British aerospace industry, while also presenting a coherent picture of British fighter development and evolution.

British Secret Projects

Tony Buttler
British Secret Projects Book PDF

Author : Tony Buttler
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Aircraft
ISBN : 1857800958

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A large number of fighter projects have been drawn by British companies over the last fifty years, but very few have turned into hardware, and very little has been published about these fascinating "might-have-beens". This book makes extensive use of previously unpublished, primary-source material-much recently declassified. It gives an insight into a secret world where the public has had little idea of what was going on, while at the same time presenting a coherent nationwide picture of fighter development and evolution. Particular emphasis is placed on tender design competitions and some of the events that led to certain aircraft either being canceled or produced. Some of the many and varied types included are the Hawker P.1103/P.1136/P.1121 series, and the Fairey "Delta III". The book includes many illustrations, plus specially commissioned renditions of "might-have-been" types in contemporary markings.

British Secret Projects 5: Britain's Space Shuttle

Daniel Sharp
British Secret Projects 5 Britain s Space Shuttle Book PDF

Author : Daniel Sharp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09
Category : Space shuttles
ISBN : 1910809020

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British Secret Projects 5: Britain's Space Shuttle by Daniel Sharp Pdf

Even as America and Russia stepped up their efforts in the early 1960s to design ever faster bombers and put men and equipment into space, Britain quietly set to work devising its own hypersonic aircraft and manned space vehicles. British Secret Projects 5: Britain's Space Shuttletells the story of how, from 1963 to 1966, English Electric/BAC's Preston works secretly led the world in re-useable spacecraft design. A huge variety of designs formed the P.42 project with more than 100 proposals for hypersonic interceptors, bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, satellite launchers, spacecraft launchers, orbital spy planes and satellite killers. The end result was the 'Multi-Unit Space Transport And Recovery Device' (MUSTARD), which pre-dated the USA's Space Shuttle program by six years. Based on unique access to the original project drawings, photographs, archives and interviews with surviving members of the design team, British Secret Projects 5: Britain's Space Shuttleoffers a unique insight into this hitherto little-known chapter in the secret history of the UK manned space flight program.

British Secret Projects

Tony Buttler
British Secret Projects Book PDF

Author : Tony Buttler
Publisher : Ian Allan Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026576780

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The design and development of British bombers since WWII is covered in depth. Utilizes recently declassified archives to reveal little-known facts about special bomber development projects. Covers the design backgrounds for the V-Bomber program, Canberra, Buccaneer, Avro 730, TSR.2, Harrier, Jaguar and Tornado. Contains many previously unpublished illustrations, plus specially commissioned artworks of prototypes in contemporary markings.

British Secret Projects

Tony Buttler
British Secret Projects Book PDF

Author : Tony Buttler
Publisher : Midland Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119430960

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8 1/2 x 11, 180 b&w photosThis title completes a trilogy covering the design and development of British fighters and bombers from the end of the biplane era to the present day. This new volume again emphasizes the designs that were never flown. It covers aircraft projects that were prepared from the mid-1930s onwards and that were influenced by the growing threat of another war with Germany, through to some projects which appeared after the war was over. The latter includes early jets such as the Attacker, Sea Hawk and Venom, which all flew post-war but were designed to wartime or immediate post-war requirements.Among the designs featured in this book are fixed-gun fighters, turret fighters, twin-engine cannon fighters, light, medium and heavy bombers, torpedo bombers and flying boats. As in the trilogy's first two volumes, these designs are covered with detailed descriptions and data and numerous photographs of models or artists' impressions showing how these designs would have looked. Unlike the post-war years, details of many earlier unbuilt projects have been lost, but fortunately information on a great number of these has survived, and this will form the most complete record to be published on these fascinating machines.

American Secret Projects 1

Tony Buttler,Alan Griffith (Military aircraft researcher)
American Secret Projects 1 Book PDF

Author : Tony Buttler,Alan Griffith (Military aircraft researcher)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1906537488

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American Secret Projects 1 by Tony Buttler,Alan Griffith (Military aircraft researcher) Pdf

Featuring the obscure, the unusual, the unbuilt and the unseen. The secret is out - Secret Projects is back. This is a new title in this highly acclaimed series, this time looking at concepts developed by the US aircraft industry in the years immediately prior to and during World War 2. This book includes and describes the major fighter and bomber proposals form the American aircraft industry which embrace various fighter and interceptor concepts, medium, heavy and intercontinental bombers, attack aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft, both for the USAF and US Navy. Particular emphasis is placed on 'Circular Proposals' - a system of submitting designs against requirements circulated around the industry by the Army Air Force in the 1930s and early 1940s. The illustrations show drawings and photographs of unbuilt designs merged with the history and photographs of real aeroplanes. Very little has been published previously about American projects from this time period and much of the material will not have been seen widely before. it will therefore be fascinating reading for all lovers of the previously highly successful 'Secret Projects' series and aviation historians.

Soviet Secret Projects

Tony Buttler,Yefim Gordon
Soviet Secret Projects Book PDF

Author : Tony Buttler,Yefim Gordon
Publisher : Ian Allan Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119823743

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Soviet Secret Projects by Tony Buttler,Yefim Gordon Pdf

Among the best-selling aviation titles of recent years have been Midland's Lutwaffe and British Secret Projects series. Soviet secret projects now come under the spotlight. This first volume covers bomber concepts from the various design bureaus from the 1940s onwards. Many unusual and sophisticated aircraft are featured in these pages, allowing comparisons between what the Soviets were working on and what was being produced in the West during that period.

Luftwaffe Secret Projects

Walter Schick,Ingolf Meyer
Luftwaffe Secret Projects Book PDF

Author : Walter Schick,Ingolf Meyer
Publisher : Midland Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023478287

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Luftwaffe Secret Projects by Walter Schick,Ingolf Meyer Pdf

Designs from Germany's aerodynamics engineers detail proposed military aircraft, including wing span and area, aspect ratio, length, height, weight, speed, and armament.

French Secret Projects 1: Post War Fighters

Jean-Christophe Carbonel
French Secret Projects 1 Post War Fighters Book PDF

Author : Jean-Christophe Carbonel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 1910809004

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French Secret Projects 1: Post War Fighters by Jean-Christophe Carbonel Pdf

"Based on pre-war research and captured German wartime technology, a number of French jet, ramjet and rocket-powered aircraft reached at least prototype form. Vertical take-off, variable geometry wings and even flying boat concepts were among some of the most radical aircraft designs, studies and projects ever produced anywhere in the world. Driven by the need to equip its air forces, compete in export markets and catch-up with its international competitors, French companies gave free reign to their designers to come up with radical and unconventional airctaft."--Jacket.

Luftwaffe Secret Projects

Dieter Herwig,Heinz Rode
Luftwaffe Secret Projects Book PDF

Author : Dieter Herwig,Heinz Rode
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029448920

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Luftwaffe Secret Projects by Dieter Herwig,Heinz Rode Pdf

This eagerly awaited companion volume to the enormously popular volume on fighters looks at the might-have-been strategic German bombers. Filled with transatlantic jets and projects that were on the drawing board or in prototype form at the war's end. Full color action illustrations in contemporary markings and performance data tables show vividly what might have been achieved had the war continued beyond 1945.

American Secret Projects

Tony Buttler
American Secret Projects Book PDF

Author : Tony Buttler
Publisher : Midland Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fighter planes
ISBN : 1857802640

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The Secret Projects series is now well established with both aviation historians and modelers. American Secret Projects: Bombers, Attack and Anti-Submarine Aircraft 19451974 describes the important area of post-World War 2 bomber development in the United States. During the period to the 1970s, the U.S Air Force operated several classes of bomber-heavy long-range types for strategic operations, medium bombers, and fighter bombers for interdiction and ground support. The U.S. Navy had its own series of attack aircraft and bombers for delivering nuclear weapons, while the antisubmarine aircraft was another area to be examined in considerable depth. As a superpower, America was also able to look at some of the more unusual approaches in the creative process, for example, bombers propelled by nuclear propulsion. Many of the aircraft that entered service or flew only as prototypes resulted from design competitions involving many other proposals that for one reason or another, never left the drawing board.

Japanese Secret Projects

Edwin M. Dyer
Japanese Secret Projects Book PDF

Author : Edwin M. Dyer
Publisher : Crecy Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 1857803175

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Surprisingly, secret Japanese planes of World War II remain an area that has been largely ignored due to scarcity of information. They do, however, have a large base of interest as unlike the majority of secret Luftwaffe programs that were resigned to the drawing board, the vast number of aircraft featured within this book actually flew or were in development. The book begins with an overview of the IJN and IJA through the early years to 1945, and their secret technical exchanges with the Luftwaffe throughout the war. It is divided into two sections dedicated to the two armed forces, with a total of 34 aircraft examined, each with its history, performance, and combat records laid out in an easy to read fashion. The book provides photographs, technical drawings, and stunning color renditions of the aircraft in combat. Notable emphasis is placed upon the supersonic kamikaze aircraft, the Amerika bomber, and the ways in which the Japanese improved on German technology, particularly the Me 262 and Komet. Secret Japanese armaments are also covered in detail, with information uncovered on guided missiles, rockets, and cannons. A gripping read for aviation and military enthusiasts around the world!

French Secret Projects 3: French & European Spaceplane Designs 1964-1994

Jean-Christophe Carbonel
French Secret Projects 3 French European Spaceplane Designs 1964 1994 Book PDF

Author : Jean-Christophe Carbonel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1910809918

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French Secret Projects 3: French & European Spaceplane Designs 1964-1994 by Jean-Christophe Carbonel Pdf

In 1963, Eugen Sanger, became head of the Eurospace organization which promoted the 'AeroSpace Transporter'. In response to a Eurospace call, aircraft makers in France, Germany and UK designed recoverable, winged spacecraft. From 1964 to 1970 the French government led studies to evaluate the feasibility of the concept. Those studies, under the leadership of the French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), coalesced into the Hermes spaceplane which was then adopted by the European Space Agency. In parallel, Germany and UK proposed fully recoverable designs while other countries, including Japan, India and Russia came to CNES to share ideas about spaceplane design. Unfortunately Hermes was never launched and by 1994 was abandoned after many alternative propositions were discussed. This book relates the story of these remarkable concepts, crossovers between aircraft and spacecraft beginning with the 'antipodal bomber' of 1944 and continuing to Aerospatiale STS-2000 project through the Transporteur Aero-Spatial, VERAS, AW Pyramid, Bumerang, Sanger II, HOTOL, Hermes, and Taranis. Non-European projects like Dyna-Soar, Hyperplane, HOPE, and MAKS are also be covered. It provides a fascinating and detailed account of these projects which, being half-way between aircraft and spacecraft, have hitherto often been therefore often neglected by aviation writers and historians.

American Secret Projects 2: Airlifters

George Cox,Craig Kaston
American Secret Projects 2 Airlifters Book PDF

Author : George Cox,Craig Kaston
Publisher : Secret Projects
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Airlift, Military
ISBN : 1910809160

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American Secret Projects 2: Airlifters by George Cox,Craig Kaston Pdf

This book charts the history of the US airlifter from its origins in World War II to today's transport giants. In doing so, it reveals and describes numerous designs which never saw the light of day, examining the thinking behind them and giving insights into why they did, or did not, succeed. In many ways, this untold story of aviation history reflects both the changing face of conflict and the exercise of geo-political power; it has also had a major bearing on the development of civil aviation. The book has been made possible by the authors being given unprecedented access to major aerospace company archives, uncovering scores of design proposals which have never previously been revealed. It is profusely illustrated, much in full color, with artwork and three-view drawings extracted from manufacturers' archives and with photographs of original project models. As well as describing how airlifters were progressively developed to meet ever-more demanding military transport requirements, the book looks at other roles for which they were adapted, from nuclear test-beds to Space Shuttle carriers. This previously untold story describes more than 200 unknown, or little known, designs, and contains more than 400 illustrations detailing some of the largest and most incredible aircraft ever conceived.