X-Planes of Europe
X-Planes of Europe

Author: Tony Buttler

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781902109213

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Exotic research aircraft designed, built, and flown in Europe in the two decades following World War II were the foreign equivalent of the legendary American X-Planes. Many of these advanced aircraft flown by test pilots such as Peter Twiss and Andre Turcat captured speed and altitude records previously held by their American counterparts. Some of today's most famous and successful aircraft were influenced by advanced technologies first tested and flown on European X-Planes. A significant number of aviation "firsts" occurred at secluded flight test facilities located in England, France, and Germany. The world's first jet airliner (1948), first jet transport with rear-mounted engines (1956), first VTOL jet fighter (1964), and first supersonic airliner (1969) were all developed in Europe utilizing technological advances pioneered by these rare and highly advanced X-Planes. Unpublished photographs, detailed appendix, and stories of these historic aircraft combine to produce an in-depth look at these secret aircraft.

X Planes of the Third Reich
X Planes of the Third Reich

Author: David Myhra

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 9780764311079

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Rare history of the the secretive and seldom photographed Me 209 V1, V2, V3, and V4 prototypes., including color photographs of the only existing remnants of the V1. 220 photographs

Luftwaffe X-Planes
Luftwaffe X-Planes

Author: Manfred Griehl

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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Renowned German aviation specialist Manfred Griehl has collected a unique and valuable selection of photographs of Luftwaffe projects that never made it into battle. They remained on the drawing board or at prototype stage because either they were deemed unsuitable or, as is the case with most of those in this selection, the developers simply ran out of time and the projects never went into production. This fascinating insight into the aviation science of the Third Reich includes rare photographs of Germany?s secret planes.

X-planes and Prototypes
X-planes and Prototypes

Author: Jim Winchester

Publisher: Grange Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781840138153

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Containing detailed features on more than 75 aircraft from around the world, this book outlines the technical specifications, performance data and variants of each model, as well as including unique graphics which allow the reader to compare specific features.

Luftwaffe Emergency Fighters
Luftwaffe Emergency Fighters

Author: Robert Forsyth

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-06-29

Total Pages: 91

ISBN-13: 1472819950

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In late 1944, the German Air Ministry organised what it called an 'Emergency Fighter Competition' intended to produce designs for quick-to-build yet technically and tactically effective jet fighter aircraft capable of tackling the anticipated arrival of the B-29 Superfortress over Europe, as well as the British Mosquito and US P-38 Lightning which were appearing in ever greater numbers. Thus was born a cutting-edge, highly sophisticated series of aircraft including the futuristic and elegant Focke-Wulf Ta 183; the extraordinary Blohm und Voss P.212, and the state-of-the-art Messerschmitt P.1101 series. Armed with heavy cannon and the latest air-to-air rockets and missiles, these were designed to inflict carnage on American bomber formations at high speed. Using stunning three-view illustrations of each prototype along with full colour artwork, aviation expert Robert Forsyth traces the history of the extraordinary aircraft of the 'Emergency Fighter Competition', Hitler's last throw of the dice in the air war against the Allies.

The Race for Hitler's X-Planes
The Race for Hitler's X-Planes

Author: John Christopher

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2012-10-01

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0752477110

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During World War 2, Hitler's engineers had pioneered an incredible array of futuristic secret weapons, from the Me 262, the first operational jet fighter, to the deadly V2 inter continental ballistic missile. With the Third Reich shattered and lying in ruins, in the summer of 1945, the Allies launched a frantic race to grab what they saw as the justifiable spoils of war. The Americans and Russians in particular were anxious to secure not only the aircraft and the research and production facilities, but also the key German scientists and engineers. This Nazi technology would define the balance of power in the phoney peace of the Cold War era, launching an arms race that shaped our modern world for decades to come. But what of Britain's role in this supermarket sweep? The Race for Hitler's X-Planes tells the untold story of the British mission to Germany.