This is the definitive history of U.S. civil air-craft, a classification in 1927 and continued through 1948, when the certification system was changed. An invaluable resource, this series is a tribute to the more than 800 aircrafts it describes and illustrates, as well as to the people who made them famous. Nineteen years of intensive research is represented in the series--every aircraft is explored down to the last river. Juptner provides specifications, performance figures, production information, and prices in meticulous detail. Outstanding photography, aircraft and company histories, and the names of designers round out the books in this one-of-a-kind collector's series.
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Excellent book for reviewing old aircraft. In fact, I would like to find the next book, (vol #3). This book was written years ago and has old pictures of each airplane in black and white with a 1-3 page discription of each. Excellent for doing research which is what I am using it for.
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The Brunner-Winkle "Bird" was a 3 place open cockpit biplane that was powered with an 8 cylinder Curtiss OX-5 engine; seemingly just an added entry in an already over-crowded field, but actually the "Bird" was not "just another OX-5 powered airplane", it was one among the few that came out with a little something extra to offer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fuselage framework, type certificate number, solid spruce spars, biplane seating, wing framework, fairing strips, wing bracing struts, place open cockpit biplane, place high wing cabin monoplane, safe airplane contest, total wing area, wing brace struts, airfoil form, wiring for navigation lights, spar beams, aircraft register, robust landing gear, upper wing panel, completed framework, seaplane version, outrigger type, aluminum alloy panels, shock absorbing struts, streamlined section, four ailerons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Travel Air, New Standard, Air Express, Kitty Hawk, Great Lakes, New York, Air Coach, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, American Eagle, Los Angeles, Fleet Model, National Air Races, National Air Tour, Air Derby, Curtiss Flying Service, Sport Airsedan, Standard Universal, Tin Goose, Charlie Meyers, Long Island, Curtiss Aeroplane, Falcon Mailplane, Garden City, Husky Junior, Little Rock New!
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The Brunner-Winkle "Bird" was a 3 place open cockpit biplane that was powered with an 8 cylinder Curtiss OX-5 engine; seemingly just an added entry in an already over-crowded field, but actually the "Bird" was not "just another OX-5 powered airplane", it was one among the few that came out with a little something extra to offer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fuselage framework, type certificate number, solid spruce spars, biplane seating, wing framework, fairing strips, wing bracing struts, place open cockpit biplane, place high wing cabin monoplane, safe airplane contest, total wing area, wing brace struts, airfoil form, wiring for navigation lights, spar beams, aircraft register, robust landing gear, upper wing panel, completed framework, seaplane version, outrigger type, aluminum alloy panels, shock absorbing struts, streamlined section, four ailerons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Travel Air, New Standard, Air Express, Kitty Hawk, Great Lakes, New York, Air Coach, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, American Eagle, Los Angeles, Fleet Model, National Air Races, National Air Tour, Air Derby, Curtiss Flying Service, Sport Airsedan, Standard Universal, Tin Goose, Charlie Meyers, Long Island, Curtiss Aeroplane, Falcon Mailplane, Garden City, Husky Junior, Little Rock New!
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