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  • Airborne Maritime Surveillance Radar, Volume 1

    British ASV radars in WWII 1939–1945

    par Simon Watts ...
    Collections series IOP Concise Physics
    Today, air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radars, or more generally airborne maritime surveillance radars, are installed on maritime reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection, tracking and classification of surface ships (ASuW—anti-surface warfare) and for hunting submarines (ASW—anti-submarine warfare). Such radars were first developed in the UK during WWII as part of the response to the threat ... En savoir plus

    $40.69 CAD

  • Airborne Maritime Surveillance Radar, Volume 2

    Post-war British ASV radars 1946–2000

    par Simon Watts ...
    Collections series IOP Concise Physics
    Today, air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radars, or more generally maritime surveillance radars, are installed on maritime reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection, tracking and classification of surface ships (ASuW—anti-surface warfare) and for hunting submarines (ASW—anti-submarine warfare). Such radars were first developed in the UK during WWII as part of the response to the threat to ... En savoir plus

    $40.69 CAD

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  • Tiger 1: The Official Wartime Crew Manual

    par Bob Carruthers ...
    During World War II Tiger tank crews had to be trained as quickly and effectively as possible. To assist in this process General Heinz Guderian authorised the publication of the Tigerfibel, the illustrated manual which was issued to Tiger I crews from 1943 onwards. This highly unorthodox publication was full of risqué drawings and humorous illustrations and was designed to convey complex ... En savoir plus

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  • Flying the Buccaneer

    Britain's Cold War Warrior

    par Peter Caygill ...
    Originally conceived as a carrier-born maritime attack aircraft, the Blackburn design included many original features such as Boundary Layer Control, a system which blew hot air over the flying surfaces to increase lift when landing. ... En savoir plus

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  • Not Much of an Engineer

    An Autobiography

    par Sir Stanley Hooker, Bill Gunston ...
    Stanley Hooker joined the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 and tugged a rather reluctant company into the jet age, determined to give real competition to Rolls-Royce. So successful was he that in 1966 Rolls-Royce decided the best thing to do was to spend £63.6 million and buy its rival. By this time there was scarcely a single modern British aero-engine for which Hooker had not been responsible. ... En savoir plus

    $17.19 CAD

  • Phantom from the Cockpit

    Flying the Legend

    par Peter Caygill ...
    This history of the legendary military fighter jet.The McDonnell Douglas F-four Phantom was the outstanding aircraft in many of the Western World's air forces during the 1960s and 70s. It played a key role in the Cold War and saw action in Vietnam. It first flew in 1958 and went into operation with the US Navy in 1960. During its long front-line life it flew in the roles of an interceptor, fighter ... En savoir plus

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  • Boeing B-17

    The Fifteen Ton Flying Fortress

    par Graham M. Simons, Harry Friedman ...
    "Fascinating insight into the early development of the B-17 Flying Fortress . . . undoubtedly outshines other books on this significant WWII aircraft." —Air MailThe Boeing B-17 was the first American heavy bomber to see action in World War II when it was supplied to the RAF. The design originated in 1934 when the US Air Corps was looking for a heavy bomber to reinforce air forces in Hawaii, Panama ... En savoir plus

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  • Lightning from the Cockpit

    Flying the Supesonic Legend

    par Peter Caygill ...
    Vivid firsthand accounts from aviators who flew this renowned supersonic interceptor fighter.The English Electric Lightning was the only single-seat supersonic interceptor fighter designed and manufactured in the UK. It saw service with the RAF in the sixties and seventies and gained a worthy reputation for its speed—in excess of Mach 2—and phenomenal rate of climb. It was, however, not entirely ... En savoir plus

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  • Valkyrie: the North American XB-70

    The USA's Ill-fated Supersonic Heavy Bomber

    par Graham M. Simons ...
    "A fascinating insight into one of the Cold War's most interesting concept aircraft . . . [with] new information, photographs and first-hand accounts." —FlypastDuring the 1950s, plans were being drawn at North American Aviation in Southern California for an incredible Mach-3 strategic bomber. The concept was born as a result of General Curtis LeMay's desire for a heavy bomber with the weapon load ... En savoir plus

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  • Pegasus, the Heart of the Harrier

    The History & Development of the World's First Operational Vertical Take-off & Landing Jet Engine

    par Andrew Dow ...
    This volume chronicles the making of the Harrier Jump Jet—the innovative Cold War fighter aircraft designed to operate from virtually anywhere.In 1957, the British engine manufacturer Bristol Siddeley turned aircraft design on its head with the creation of the Pegasus engine. Until then, aircraft designs would seek out suitable engines. Now the Pegasus was an engine in search of a suitable ... En savoir plus

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  • Future Weapons

    par Kevin Dockery ...
    On the battlefield, a soldier's best friends are his gun and his gear—because his life depends on them. But what will it take to fight and survive on the battlefields of tomorrow? What will those combat arenas consist of, and where will they be? And what will our nation's fighting men and women carry with them into battle?Future Weapons is a compendium of the weapons of war that may accompany our ... En savoir plus

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