The World's Strangest Aircraft: A Collection of Weird and Wonderful Flying Machines
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The World's Strangest Aircraft: A Collection of Weird and Wonderful Flying Machines This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1586632124
ISBN13:9781586632120
Release Date:April 2001
Publisher:MetroBooks (NY)
Length:112 Pages
Weight:2.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 9.6" x 12.3"
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Aerospace Arts, Music & Photography Aviation Engineering Photography TransportationCustomer Reviews
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If Jane's is the Who's Who, this is the What's That?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This is a great book at the price, if only for the photographs. But this is more than just a freak show--the author approaches the material topically, showing how an outlandish idea might eventually come of age (the flying wing), might be a flash in the pan (the early multiplanes), or might keep turning up like a bad penny (the parasite fighter concept). Other topics include gigantism in passenger planes, the quest for speed in racers, WWII experimental planes (some incredibly ahead of their time, some just incredible), lifting-bodies, the X-planes, tilt-rotors, VTOLs, jet flying boats, and planes built for oversize cargo. A fun read with great photographs not found in most aircraft histories.
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