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Author : Edward H. Heinemann,Rosario Rausa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Aeronautical engineers
ISBN : 0710600402
Author : Edward H. Heinemann,Rosario Rausa
Publisher : Naval Inst Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Aeronautical engineers
ISBN : 0870217976
Author : Barry M. Blechman,Robert P. Berman
Publisher : Brassey's
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002141888
Author : Brendan Simms,Steven McGregor
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541701397
Eighty years after the stunning and decisive battle, a revelatory new history of Midway The Battle of Midway was, on paper, an improbable victory for the smaller, less experienced American navy and air force, so much so that it was quickly described as “a miracle.” Yet fortune favored the Americans at Midway, and the conventional wisdom has it that the Americans’ lucky streak continued as the war in the Pacific turned against the Japanese. This new history demonstrates that luck, let alone miracles, had little to do with it. In The Silver Waterfall, Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor show how the efforts of America’s peacetime navy combined with creative innovations made by designers and industrialists were largely responsible for the victory. The Douglas Dauntless Dive Bomber, a uniquely conceived fighting weapon, delivered a brutally accurate attack the Japanese quickly came to dread. Told through a vivid narrative, Simms and McGregor show how the course of the war in the Pacific was dramatically altered, emphasizing the crucial combination of a culture of innovation, a brilliant contribution from immigrants, and a vital intelligence coup that allowed the navy to orchestrate the devastating attack on the Japanese and dominate the Pacific for good.
Author : Lloyd R. Jenkinson,Jim Marchman
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780080498959
Written with students of aerospace or aeronautical engineering firmly in mind, this is a practical and wide-ranging book that draws together the various theoretical elements of aircraft design - structures, aerodynamics, propulsion, control and others - and guides the reader in applying them in practice. Based on a range of detailed real-life aircraft design projects, including military training, commercial and concept aircraft, the experienced UK and US based authors present engineering students with an essential toolkit and reference to support their own project work. All aircraft projects are unique and it is impossible to provide a template for the work involved in the design process. However, with the knowledge of the steps in the initial design process and of previous experience from similar projects, students will be freer to concentrate on the innovative and analytical aspects of their course project. The authors bring a unique combination of perspectives and experience to this text. It reflects both British and American academic practices in teaching aircraft design. Lloyd Jenkinson has taught aircraft design at both Loughborough and Southampton universities in the UK and Jim Marchman has taught both aircraft and spacecraft design at Virginia Tech in the US. * Demonstrates how basic aircraft design processes can be successfully applied in reality * Case studies allow both student and instructor to examine particular design challenges * Covers commercial and successful student design projects, and includes over 200 high quality illustrations
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435059136242
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992-11
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : UIUC:30112105167255
Author : Norman Polmar
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597973434
In the post-1945 era, the aircraft carrier has remained a valued weapon despite the development of nuclear weapons, cruise and ballistic missiles, and highly capable submarines. At times, as in the early days of the Korean and Vietnam Wars and in the Falklands conflict, carriers alone could deploy high-performance aircraft to the battlefield. In other operations, such as enforcing the no-fly zones and the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, only carriers could provide the bases needed for sustained combat and support operations. This second volume of Norman Polmar's landmark study details the role of carriers in the unification of the U.S. armed forces and strategic deterrence, fiscally constrained Great Britain, the development of British Commonwealth and ex-colonial navies, and the efforts of France and the Netherlands to rebuild their fleets. The role of the modern carrier-nine nations currently possess them-is discussed, as are the issues confronting nations that might acquire them. Chapters on the Soviet Union's effort to produce carriers are included for the first time. The development of both carrier planes and the many "oddball" aircraft that have flown from carriers-such as the U-2 spy plane-are also examined. Appendixes include comprehensive data on all carriers built and converted through 2006. This volume is a valuable companion to the critically acclaimed Volume I, which covers aircraft carrier development and operations from 1909 to 1945.
Author : Elliott Vanveltner Converse
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Cold War
ISBN : IND:30000143029076
Book Description: The first publication in a multivolume series on the history of the acquisition of major weapon systems by the Department of Defense, author Elliott Converse presents a meticulously researched overview of changes in acquisition policies, organizations, and processes within the United States military establishment during the decade and a half following World War II. Many of the changes that shaped the nature and course of weapons research and development, production, and contracting through the end of the century were instituted between 1945 and 1960; many of the problems that have repeatedly challenged defense policymakers and acquisition professionals also first surfaced during these years. This study is the first to combine the histories of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the military services into one account. The volume is organized chronologically, with individual chapters addressing the roles of OSD, the Army, Navy and Air Force in two distinct periods.
Author : Richard Hallion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : UCR:31210024769489
Author : Jan Roskam
Publisher : DARcorporation
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Aerospace engineering
ISBN : 1884885438
Author : William Norton
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
This book presents a little-known aspect of America's aircraft development of World War II in emphasizing unique and non-production aircraft or modifications for the purpose of research and experimentation in support of aircraft development, advancing technology, or meeting narrow combat needs. It describes some important areas of American aviation weapons maturation under the pressure of war with emphasis on advanced technology and experimental aircraft configurations. The great value of the work is illumination of little known or minimally documented projects that significantly advanced the science of aeronautics, propulsion, aircraft systems, and ordnance, but did not go into production. Each chapter introduces another topic by examining the state-of-the-art at the beginning of the war, advantages pursued, and results achieved during the conflict. This last is the vehicle to examine the secret modifications or experiments that are little known. Consequently, this is an important single-source for a fascinating and diverse collection of wartime efforts never before brought together under a single cover. The "war stories" are those of military staffs, engineering teams, and test pilots struggling against short schedules and tight resource constraints to push the bounds of technology. These epic and sometimes life-threatening endeavors were as vital as actual combat operations.
Author : Bill Yenne
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610600866
Few industrial phenomena have been as dramatic as the United States’ mid-20th-century shift from peacetime to wartime production. The American Aircraft Factory in World War II documents the production of legendary warbirds by companies like Boeing, North American, Curtiss, Consolidated, Douglas, Grumman, and Lockheed. It was a production unmatched by any other country and a crucial part of why the allies won the war. Author Bill Yenne considers the prewar governmental acts that got the plants rolling, as well as the gender shift that occurred as women entered the work force like never before. He also describes the construction of megafactories like Willow Run, factory design considerations, and the postwar conversion back to peacetime production. Illustrated with 175 period photographs—including 50 rare color photos never before seen in print.
Author : Robert F Dunn
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682470220
Less than five years after naval aviation led the forces that defeated Imperial Japan that very organization was in serious trouble. The force had been drastically reduced and, despite the Korean War, growing sentiment supported by no less than the chairman of the Joint Chiefs argued that the new Air Force could do anything naval aviation might be required to do. Meanwhile, the naval aviation mishap rate soared. The very survival of naval aviation was at stake. It took fifty years to turn this around. Today, in spite of hot wars, cold wars, contingencies, and peacetime operations in support of friends and allies, the Navy and Marine Corps accident rate is at least as good as that of the Air Force, and it approaches that of commercial aviation. Gear Up, Mishaps Down explains that this accomplishment was achieved through dedicated and professional leadership, a focus on lessons learned from mishaps and near-mishaps, a willingness to learn from other enterprises, and by better leadership, training, maintenance, supply and more.
Author : Donald M. Pattillo
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0472086715
The most comprehensive history of the aircraft manufacturing industry to date
