American X&y Planes: Volume 2: Experimental Aircraft Since 1945
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In 1945 the Allies returned home with much technical information from German research concerning jet engines and swept wings. Though the USAAF had already deployed an early batch of jet fighters, Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars, to Italy in 1945, their centrifugal-flow engines had limited scope for further development compared with the axial-flow engines used by the Germans. Also, it was obvious that a new breed of airframes was needed to take advantage...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1847971474
ISBN13:9781847971470
Release Date:September 2010
Publisher:Crowood Press (UK)
Length:176 Pages
Weight:1.19 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 7.0" x 9.5"
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