Enemy at the Gates

Enemy at the Gates

Author: Justo Miranda

Publisher: Fonthill Media

Published: 2019-12-08

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13:

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When the Nazis started to threaten the world with their efficient machine of propaganda, the main concern of European governments was the overwhelming reaction of panic that the expected bombing of the Luftwaffe might cause within the civil population. During the Munich Agreement in 1938, the democracies were defended by old biplanes and a bunch of modern fighters: 50 Hurricanes, 20 Morane-405 and 5 Fokker D.XXI. France and Great Britain took up the production of USA airplanes and cancelled exports to small countries, which were forced to design and build their own PANIC FIGHTERS with the intelligence and skill that desperation provides. When nothing seemed able to contain the German advance, France, Great Britain and the USSR developed several programs of emergency fighters, as did Australia, to face the Japanese expansion. At the time the course of events switched, it was the Axis powers that had to create their own PANIC FIGHTERS, some of them suicidal. The present book includes several last resource designs of fighters that are practically unknown and that were developed in times of tribulation by Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Japan, Yugoslavia, Latvia, Netherland, Poland, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland.


27 years RV-ator

27 years RV-ator

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Publisher: Aircraft Technical Book Co

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0977489663

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"This manual explains the theory, working techniques, and details of various types of glass, carbon and kevlar fibers, resins, adhesives, foams, and honeycombs for light airplane construction and repair. Further sections include the basics of manufacturing and design methods and are extremely relevant for those employed by component manufacturers and those involved in aircraft design projects. Tooling and manufacturing methods, designing, stress, loads and load testing, vacuum bagging, autoclaves, and more are discussed in a technical, yet understandable manner."--actechbooks.com viewed Sept. 30, 2020.


Fighters of the 20th Century

Fighters of the 20th Century

Author: Jim Winchester

Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)

Published: 2005-04-09

Total Pages: 116

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A guide to the most famous fighter aircraft of the 20th century. It includes examples from around the world in chronological order so that the best of every period can be compared, from triplanes to supersonic interceptors. Specifications give powerplants, dimensions, performance and armament.


Airplane Performance on Grass Airfields

Airplane Performance on Grass Airfields

Author: Jaroslaw A. Pytka

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2023-03-14

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1000877264

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Airplane Performance on Grass Airfields presents an experiment-based approach to analysis and flight testing of airfield performance on grass runways. It discusses improvements for operational efficiency and safety of these airfields. The book analyzes the interaction between the landing gear wheels and the surface of a grass runways during both takeoff and landing. Considering the ground performance of an aircraft on a grass runway, the book covers test methods and devices for measuring performance and introduces an information system for the surface condition of grass airfields: GARFIELD. The system is based on a tire-grass interaction model and uses digital soil maps, as well as current meteorological data obtained from a weather server. The book is intended for researchers and practicing engineers in the fields of aviation and aircraft safety and performance.


Encyclopedia of World Aircraft

Encyclopedia of World Aircraft

Author: Christopher Chant

Publisher: BDD Promotional Books Company

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9780792450719

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Here is a fully illustrated reference book on all types of military and support aircraft, as well as commercial and private aircraft of the past and present. Informative text explains their histories, merits, unusual features, and gives performance data for each.