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Aviation Records in the Jet Age: The Planes and Technologies behind the Breakthroughs

Product code 9781580072304

Avia


Publisher/Brand Specialty Press

Author William A. Flanagan, Lt. Col., U

Format 25 x 25 cm

No. Pages 160

Version Hard cover

Language English

Category Books on aviation

Subcategory Military Aviation » US

Availability Product out of stock and no longer available.

Product description

Key Points

  • Stunning archival photographs and illustrations

  • Detailed, but easy-to-read

 

Description

Since aviation's early years, pilots, designers, and manufacturers have sought to break world records for notoriety or technical advancement. This book tells of famous record-breaking flights throughout history, focusing on the exciting time following World War II when new speed, altitude, and endurance records were broken on an almost-routine basis. Supplementing these stories are detailed explanations of the technological innovations that made those record-breaking aircraft possible.

 

From swept wings to afterburning turbojet engines, and "Coke-bottle" fuselages to high-altitude pressure suits, aviation progress has always been measured with breakthrough advances in the technology of flight. This book, written by a former   crewmember of the triplesonic SR-71 Blackbird, takes   you through the annals of aviation history with spell binding stories of world-record flights and explanations of how  advanced technology played a pivotal role in making these  records happen.

 

Illustrated with excellent archival photographs and technical illustrations, this book explains in detailed, but easy-to- understand terms how specific advances in aircraft design such as powerplants, aerodynamics, flight control systems, instrumentation, and life-support systems led to ever-improved record-breaking aircraft. A comprehensive five-part appendix serves as a handy reference guide that documents world    speed, altitude, and distance records as well as the legendary aircraft and pilots who flew them.



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