More than 100 of the world's most potent fighter aircraft are depicted in superbly detailed cutaway drawings: from the canvas-and-string contraptions of World War I to the amazing stealth fighters that are taking air combat into the 21st century. Accompanied by fascinating technical and developmental descriptions, each drawing reveals and clearly identifies the aircraft's airframe structures, engines, fuel tanks, avionics and weaponry, and is complemented by a three-view drawing and action photograph.
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Insightful look into the designs of Fighter aircrafts.,
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Gorgeous color photos of fighters through the ages are on the inside covers and the intro sections. However, the main substance of this book are the highly detailed and labeled b/w 3-D cutaway diagrams of some well known fighter aircrafts from the WWI Morane-Saulnier Type N, WWII P-38 Lightning, DeHavilland Mosquito to the modern Dassault Rafale, Saab Gripen, F-22A Raptor and Eurofighter EF2000 Typhoon. Great for fast referencing including a brief history and specs (powerplant, performance, weight, dimensions, and armament) for each fighter. A worthy addition to any fighter enthusiast, historian, or hobbyist's library!!!
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Another fine aviation resource book from William Green.,
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A detailed overview of the development of fighter aircraft achieved through detailed pictorial, diagramatic and written analysis of 100 examples. True to form, the authors knowledge of technically important and interesting but little known and often ignored types, as well as the better known classics, is what makes this book really stand out and draws the reader back again and again.
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Illustrated Anatomy of World Fighters,
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Excellent publication for those interested in Aircraft Cutaways along with its brief history and 3 view of each. For me it filled 37 gaps in my collection of cutaways.
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Comparatively few of aviation's early practitioners foresaw a combat role for single-seat aircraft while accepting their potential value as 'scouts' for the Army. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
main wheel oleo leg, port side console panel, pylon fixing, tailfin structure, fuselage bottom longeron, wheel leg door, wing rib construction, dorsal decking, max external fuel, seat launch rails, seat support frame, spar outer section, wheel leg fairing, aerial attachment, cannon ammunition drum, flap hydraulic jack, diagonal wire bracing, starboard side console panel, wing integral fuel tank, wing skinning, main wheel leg, aft glazing, cockpit canopy cover, fuselage main fuel tank, layer bleed air duct Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
General Electric, Soviet Union, Hamilton Standard, One Pratt, Royal Navy, Sea Harrier, British Hispano, Rheinmetall Borsig, Sea Fury, Sea Hawk, Twin Wasp, Double Wasp, North American, Shooting Star, Dassault-Breguet Mirage, Pilot's Martin-Baker, Regia Aeronautica, Rolls-Royce Merlin, Sky Flash, General Dynamics, One Hispano-Suiza, Supermarine Spitfire, Two Pratt, Volvo Flygmotor, Army Air Corps New!
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Comparatively few of aviation's early practitioners foresaw a combat role for single-seat aircraft while accepting their potential value as 'scouts' for the Army. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
main wheel oleo leg, port side console panel, pylon fixing, tailfin structure, fuselage bottom longeron, wheel leg door, wing rib construction, dorsal decking, max external fuel, seat launch rails, seat support frame, spar outer section, wheel leg fairing, aerial attachment, cannon ammunition drum, flap hydraulic jack, diagonal wire bracing, starboard side console panel, wing integral fuel tank, wing skinning, main wheel leg, aft glazing, cockpit canopy cover, fuselage main fuel tank, layer bleed air duct Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
General Electric, Soviet Union, Hamilton Standard, One Pratt, Royal Navy, Sea Harrier, British Hispano, Rheinmetall Borsig, Sea Fury, Sea Hawk, Twin Wasp, Double Wasp, North American, Shooting Star, Dassault-Breguet Mirage, Pilot's Martin-Baker, Regia Aeronautica, Rolls-Royce Merlin, Sky Flash, General Dynamics, One Hispano-Suiza, Supermarine Spitfire, Two Pratt, Volvo Flygmotor, Army Air Corps New!
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