Author: Ray WhitfordPublisher: Ihs Global Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Beskriver de aerodynamiske og flyvemæssige hensyn, der skal tages i f.m. konstruktionen af et moderne kampfly
Design for Air Combat
Author: Ray WhitfordPublisher: Ihs Global Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Beskriver de aerodynamiske og flyvemæssige hensyn, der skal tages i f.m. konstruktionen af et moderne kampfly
Fundamentals of Fighter Design
Author: Ray WhitfordPublisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781861266644
Category : Fighter planes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traces the development of fighter design from World War One to the present day. Covers aerodynamics, stability and control, propulsion, structures and materials, avoinics, armaments and tactics. The drawings and charts make this an informative book for enthusiasts and those with a professional interest in aircraft design.
The Fundamentals of Aircraft Combat Survivability Analysis and Design
Author: Robert E. BallPublisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
From infant car seats to the design of aircraft cargo bay structures that can withstand bomb blasts, the government is taking the lead in survivability standards. The extensively illustrated new edition of this book presents the fundamentals of the aircraft combat survivability design discipline as defined by the DoD military standards and acquisition processes.
Design for Air Combat
Author: Ray WhitfordModern Combat Aircraft Design
Author: Klaus HüneckePublisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"Discusses the characteristics of combat aircraft, aircraft design, aerodynamics, wing and tail design, stabilty, performance, maneuverability, avionics, and future developments." -- Amazon.com viewed November 5, 2020.
Air Combat Manoeuvres
Author: J. Steve ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781903223987
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Computer flight simulation is one of the fastest growing modern hobbies, with thousands of 'pilots' or 'simmers' going online everyday to pit their flying skills against their computers or opponents from all over the world, in many different scenarios, both current and historical. 'Flight simmers', in terms of interest, can be placed into three categories - general aviation, airliners and combat simulation. The one common theme is the desire to be able to improve their flying skills. This is the definitive guide for flight simmers interested in combat simulation with easily accessible information and colourful illustrations that can be used as a guide to the methods of air combat from World War One to the modern day. Using state of the art digital illustration techniques the book shows how and when to employ the best manoeuvres to beat both the computer and other players. Diagrams show both the manoeuvre itself and the actual methods used on the joystick. Further sections deal with ground attack, mission planning and the historical perspective. It will be relevant to those at an entry level and those who have been in online gaming communities for years and will be ideal for both the expert gamer and the more casual player. Eminent author Steve Thompson wrote one of the original guides to air manoeuvres for flight simmers twenty five years ago, and has now updated his original best selling book to give the flight simmer the complete guide to flight simulation combat manoeuvres in the most modern context. To help bring the book to life the text and diagrams are supported by historical narratives derived from real combat pilots, design histories on key aircraft, and enviable full colour profile artworks.
Flying Camelot
Author: Michael W. HankinsPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 150176067X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Flying Camelot brings us back to the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new, state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. It was an era when debates about aircraft superiority went public—and these were not uncontested discussions. Michael W. Hankins delves deep into the fighter pilot culture that gave rise to both designs, showing how a small but vocal group of pilots, engineers, and analysts in the Department of Defense weaponized their own culture to affect technological development and larger political change. The design and advancement of the F-15 and F-16 reflected this group's nostalgic desire to recapture the best of World War I air combat. Known as the "Fighter Mafia," and later growing into the media savvy political powerhouse "Reform Movement," it believed that American weapons systems were too complicated and expensive, and thus vulnerable. The group's leader was Colonel John Boyd, a contentious former fighter pilot heralded as a messianic figure by many in its ranks. He and his group advocated for a shift in focus from the multi-role interceptors the Air Force had designed in the early Cold War towards specialized air-to-air combat dogfighters. Their influence stretched beyond design and into larger politicized debates about US national security, debates that still resonate today. A biography of fighter pilot culture and the nostalgia that drove decision-making, Flying Camelot deftly engages both popular culture and archives to animate the movement that shook the foundations of the Pentagon and Congress.
Introduction to Aeronautics
Author: Steven A. BrandtPublisher: AIAA
ISBN: 9781600860720
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Jane's Fighter Combat in the Jet Age
Author: David C. IsbyPublisher: Collins Reference
ISBN: 9780004708225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Fighter Combat in the Jet Age covers the entire history of jet fighters in action, from the end of World War II to the present. Meticulously detailed, it features 300 photos, line drawings and graphs that reveal how jet fighters and their weapons have developed and improved, utterly changing the face of air combat. It also focuses on the key technological developments of the Cold War, such as the fighters built to intercept nuclear bombers and to dominate European skies in a Third World War. With combat examples from Southeast Asia, the Falklands and the Middle East, Fighter Combat in the Jet Age compares and contrasts the fighter aircraft of different nations and manufacturers. Also included are spreads with sidebars and boxes describing fighter tactics, major air battles, experimental weapons and famous pilots. It's enough to thrill aircraft enthusiasts of all ages.
Birds of Prey
Author: Toñy VallePublisher:
ISBN: 9781942726197
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The definitive board game of air to air combat from Korea to the postmodern era of the F-22 and Tornado, with higher fidelity to performance than many computer flight sims, made playable through brilliant play aid design.