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Flying to the Limit : Testing World War II Single-engined Fighter Aircraft
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caygill, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Airplanes--Flight testing--History.
- Fighter planes--History.
- Great Britain--History, Military--20th century.
- Fighter planes.
- Airplanes.
- Great Britain.
- Local Subjects:
- Airplanes--Flight testing--History.
- Fighter planes--History.
- Great Britain--History, Military--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (377 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- : Pen and Sword, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the years preceding and during WW2, the RAF and the Royal Aircraft Establishment were responsible for the selection and procurement of British military aircraft and also to evaluate their capabilities against captured enemy models whenever possible. During the lend-lease agreement with the USA, the RAF and Fleet Air Arm operated several American designs, each of which was tested to evaluate its potential.This book looks at the key area of fighter aircraft and includes the test results and pilot's own first-hand accounts of flying seventeen different models, designed in the UK, America a
- Contents:
- ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""PART ONE - British Fighters""; ""CHAPTER ONE - Hawker Hurricane""; ""CHAPTER TWO - Supermarine Spitfire""; ""CHAPTER THREE - Boulton Paul Defiant""; ""CHAPTER FOUR - Blackburn Skua / Roc""; ""CHAPTER FIVE - Fairey Fulmar""; ""CHAPTER SIX - Hawker Tornado/Typhoon""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN - Hawker Tempest""; ""PART TWO - German Fighters""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT - Messerschmitt Bf 109E/G""; ""CHAPTER NINE - Focke-Wulf Fw 190A""; ""PART THREE - American Fighters""; ""CHAPTER TEN - Brewster Buffalo""
- ""CHAPTER ELEVEN - Curtiss Mohawk""""CHAPTER TWELVE - Bell Airacobra""; ""CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Curtiss Tomahawk""; ""CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Curtiss Kittyhawk""; ""CHAPTER FIFTEEN - North American Mustang""; ""CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Republic Thunderbolt""; ""CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Grumman Martlet / Wildcat""; ""CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Grumman Hellcat""; ""CHAPTER NINETEEN - Vought Corsair""; ""Glossary""; ""Boost Pressure Conversion Table""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783402076
- 1783402075
- 9781783409358
- 1783409355
- OCLC:
- 854974746
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