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Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
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Author: Marcelle Size KnaackAircraft Engines, NAVPERS 10334A
Author: Bureau of Naval PersonnelPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359125425
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Beginning with the basic principles of engine operation, this book furnishes general information on all types of powerplants. Then the text becomes specific, and provides descriptions of the outstanding aircraft engines used in Naval Aviation.
Author: United States. Naval Air Technical Training Command
Author: United States. Department of the Air Force
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
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Author: United States. Congress. House. AppropriationsUltra-Large Aircraft, 1940-1970
Author: William Patrick DeanPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476665036
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
In 1962, a unique transport aircraft was built from the parts of 27 Boeing B-377 airliners to provide NASA a means of transporting rocket boosters. With an interior the size of a gymnasium, "The Pregnant Guppy" was the first of six enormous cargo planes built by Aero Spacelines and two built by Union de Transport Aeriens. More than half a century later, the last Super Guppy is still in active service with NASA and the design concept has been applied to next-generation transports. This comprehensive history of expanded fuselage aircraft begins in the 1940s with the military's need for a long-range transport. The author examines the development of competing designs by Boeing, Convair and Douglas, and the many challenges and catastrophic failures. Behind-the-scenes maneuvers of financiers, corporate raiders, mobsters and other nefarious characters provide an inside look at aviation development from the drawing board to the scrap yard.
