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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Airplanes
ISBN : 2067188348
This I-Spy book is based on what you will see around the skies of the United Kingdom.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Airplanes
ISBN : 1856710599
Author : Norman Polmar,John F. Bessette
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760351550
A comprehensive history with descriptions of the world's most significant aircraft employed as "eyes in the sky."For as long as there has been sustained heavier-than-air human flight, airplanes have been used to gather information about our adversaries. Less than a decade after the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, Italian pilots were keeping tabs on Turkish foes in Libya. Today, aircraft with specialized designs and sensory equipment still cruise the skies, spying out secrets in the never-ending quest for an upper hand.Spyplanes tackles the sprawling legacy of manned aerial reconnaissance, from hot air balloons to cloth-and-wood biplanes puttering over the Western Front, and on through every major world conflict, culminating with spyplanes cruising at supersonic speeds 85,000 feet above the Earth's surface. Authors Norman Polmar and John Bessette offer a concise yet comprehensive overview history of aerial recon, exploring considerations such as spyplanes in military doctrine, events like the Cuban Missile Crisis and the downing of Francis Gary Powers' U-2, the 1992 Open Skies Treaty, and the USAF's Big Safari program.Polmar and Bessette, along with a roster of respected aviation journalists, also profile 70 renowned fixed-wing spyplanes from World I right up to the still-conceptual hypersonic SR-72. The authors examine the design, development, and service history of each aircraft, and offer images and specification boxes that detail vital stats for each. Included are purpose-built spyplanes, as well as legendary fighters and bombers that have been retrofitted for the purpose. In addition, the authors feature preliminary chapters discussing the history of aerial surveillance and a host of sidebars that explore considerations such as spyplanes in military doctrine, events like the Cuban missile crisis and the downing of Francis Gary Powers' U-2, the 1992 Open Skies Treaty, and the USAF's current Big Safari program.From prop-driven to jet-powered aircraft, this is the ultimate history and reference to those "eyes in the skies" that have added mind-bending technologies, not to mention an element of intrigue, to military aviation for more than a century.
Author : James Hamilton-Paterson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781681775746
The fascinating story of the spy plane SR-71 Blackbird—the fastest manned aircraft in the history of aviation. The SR-71 Blackbird, the famed “spy” jet, was deliberately designed to be the world's fastest and highest-flying aircraft—and its success has never been approached since. It was conceived in the late 1950s by Lockheed Martin's highly secret 'Skunk Works' team under one of the most (possibly the most) brilliant aero designers of all time, Clarence “Kelly” Johnson. Once fully developed in 1964, the Blackbird represented the apogee of jet-powered flight. It could fly at well over three times the speed of sound above 85,000 feet and had an unrefueled range of 3,200 nautical miles. It flew with great success until 1999). Despite extensive use over Vietnam and later battlefields, not one was ever shot down (unlike the U2 in the Gary Powers incident). The Blackbird's capabilities seem unlikely ever to be exceeded. It was retired because its function can be performed by satellites—and in today's steady trend toward unmanned military aircraft, it is improbable that another jet aircraft of this speed and caliber will ever again be conceived.
Author : Norman Polmar,John Bessette
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760350317
"Spyplanes is an illustrated history of manned spyplanes, with profiles, pictures, and technical specifications for each plane."--Provided by publisher.
Author : David Scott Robarge
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Reconnaissance aircraft
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Table of Contents: From Drawing Board to Factory Floor; Lockheed's Aviation Genius; Breaking Through Technological Barriers; Full Stress Testing; Hiding OXCART in Plain Sight; Finding a Mission; A Futile Fight for Survival; References; A-12 Schematic; Timeline of OXCART Milestones; Inventory of A-12s; BLACK SHIELD Missions; The OXCART Family; Bibliography.
Author : Jay Schleifer
Publisher : Children's Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0516353020
Discusses the history of surveillance from the sky, describing different types of reconnaissance aircraft and their role in the future.
Author : Bill Gunston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Drone aircraft
ISBN : 0861011775
Bogen er et opslagsværk om fly til recognisering, elektronisk efterretningstjeneste og jamming.
Author : Bill Sweetman
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 9781429613149
Discusses the U-2 spy plane, its uses, engines, sensors, and future in the U.S. Air Force.
Author : Ernest Kellogg Gann
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : UCSC:32106009004166
Describes the planes, the missions, and the men who fly reconnaissance.
Author : Francy Gary Powers Jr.,Keith Dunnavant
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781633884694
Based on newly available information, the son of famed U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers presents the facts and dispels misinformation about the Cold War espionage program that turned his father into a Cold War icon.. One of the most talked-about events of the Cold War was the downing of the American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960. The event was recently depicted in the Steven Spielberg movie Bridge of Spies. Powers was captured by the KGB, subjected to a televised show trial, and imprisoned, all of which created an international incident. Soviet authorities eventually released him in exchange for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. On his return to the United States, Powers was exonerated of any wrongdoing while imprisoned in Russia, yet, due to bad press and the government's unwillingness to heartily defend Powers, a cloud of controversy lingered until his untimely death in 1977. Now his son, Francis Gary Powers Jr. and acclaimed historian Keith Dunnavant have written this new account of Powers's life based on personal files that had never been previously available. Delving into old audio tapes, letters his father wrote and received while imprisoned in the Soviet Union, the transcript of his father's debriefing by the CIA, other recently declassified documents about the U-2 program, and interviews with the spy pilot's contemporaries, Powers and Dunnavant set the record straight. The result is a fascinating piece of Cold War history. This is also a book about a son's journey to understand his father, pursuing justice and a measure of peace. Almost sixty years after the fact, this will be the definitive account of one of the most important events of the Cold War.
Author : David Scott Robarge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Reconnaissance aircraft
ISBN : IND:30000124256227
Author : Lisa Jo Rudy
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0531175359
Discusses Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), describing different kinds and presenting statistics, dates, and true stories of UAVs in action.
Author : Norman Polmar
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0760309574
Book discusses the requirement for and the design, development, and operation of the U-2, from 1954 when the design began, to the current overflights of the Balkans and Iraq. Includes extensive discussions of U-2 overflights of hostile countries (USSR, China, North Korea, North Vietnam) and NASA's use of the U-2.
Author : Therese M. Shea
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433984754
Today, the US military has spy planes that can fly faster than the speed of sound, take panoramic photographs in the blink of an eye, and fly so high that no bomb can reach them. It’s no wonder they want to keep their technology a secret. Readers take a thrilling peek into the world of secret missions and futuristic tools. They learn about the history of spy planes and the daring pilots that fly them. Accessible content will draw in military enthusiasts and James Bond fans alike. In-depth sidebars augment the text further, and colorful photographs of the latest plane models will engage readers throughout.
