Автор: Lou Drendel
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1992
isbn: 0897472810
Количество страниц: 64
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
VIPER! Viper? Trust the people who fly them to pick names that will stick with airplanes. "Viper" is the nickname picked by the pilots for the F-16. Its origins go back almost to the drawing board, as does official opposition to the fighters nam de guerre. When the name was first advanced within General Dynamics, someone reminded someone else that Viper was also the name of a British jet engine. The Air Force hierarchy was into naming their airplanes after birds of prey just then (F-15 Eagle), and a snake seemed like a come-down...it just didn't have that soaring quality. So was born the official name — Fighting Falcon. It sounds majestic, but just didn't fit into the lexicon of most self-respecting fighter pilots. "Fighting Falcon?" No. that just couldn't be said fast enough, either on the radio or at the bar! "Electric Jet" was a sometimes-used trendy name for the F-16. but since all modern airplanes are fly by wire, it has lost its unique quality. Every fighter pilot, in all U.S. services, refers to his airplane as a "jet" or "the jet," in a kind of studied understatement. But fighter pilots are some of the last great individualists and where individuality is important the right nickname (or call sign) is of paramount importance. For the F-16. "Viper" seemed just perfect. It is quick and deadly, air-to-air or air-to-ground. But in spite of its popularity with pilots, the name "Viper" remains very much a backroom nickname, rarely, if ever, seen in print..before now.
Автор: Lou Drendel
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
isbn: 0897471717
Количество страниц: 65
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Commonly known as the "Thud" by its crews, the Republic F-105 Thunderchief was a single-seat supersonic fighter-bomber used by the United States Air Force. As a follow-on to the Mach 1 F-100, the F-105 was also armed with missiles and a cannon; however, its design was tailored to high-speed low-altitude penetration carrying a single nuclear bomb internally. First flown in 1955, the Thunderchief entered service in 1958. As the largest single-engine fighter ever employed by the USAF, the single-seat F-105 would be adapted to deliver a greater iron bomb load than the four-engine ten-man strategic bombers of World War II.
Автор: Siegfried Breyer
Издательство: Podzun-Pallas-Verlag
Год издания: 1996
isbn: 3790905798
Количество страниц: 52
Язык: другой
Формат: PDF (scan)
Unter anderem werden folgende Themen behandelt: Stalins 'Dickschiffe', Bilder aus der Entstehungszeit, Die Schlachtschiffe der GANGUT-/OKTYABRSKAYA REVOLYUTSIYA-Klasse (OKTYABRSKAYA REVOLYUTSIYA, PARIZHSKAYA KOMMUNA, MARAT), Baudaten, Datenblatt, Kurzgefasste Kriegschronik der drei Schlachtschiffe, Umbaustudie für das Schlachtschiff FRUNZE, Wiederherstellung der PETROPAVLOVSK?, Der Weg zur 'Großen Flotte', Bilder aus den letzten Dienstjahren, Internationale Flottennachrichten und Marinerundblick, Die aktuelle Seite: Über die Entwicklung von Flugzeugschiffen und Flugzeugträgern in Rußland, Kriegsschiffe auf alten Postkarten: Schlachtschiff DUKE OF YORK (Grossbritannien).
Автор: Lou Drendel
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1992
isbn: 0897472713
Количество страниц: 72
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The 1960's were one of (he most difficult periods in the history of the American military. They found themselves increasingly committed to a war in the Southeast Asia that American politicians were increasingly unwilling to fully support, and yet were not willing to end. As the war escalated, the Air Force discovered that their airplanes... airplanes that had been designed in the 1950's for all-out nuclear war, left a lot to be desired when it came to fighting a conventional...or in the case of Vietnam, a semi-conventional war. One arena in which the mission requirements of Vietnam conflicted heavily with the mission capabilities of the aircraft was air superiority. Post World War Two America had been in love with its nuclear sovereignty. Strategic Air Command would keep the peace with its big stick, and if the other guys developed long range bombers, we would knock them cut of the sky with missile carrying interceptors. But when it came time to bomb the other guy in North Vietnam, he sent up nimble interceptors to contest the skies. His tactic was to sneak up behind you, then blast away with guns! Guns! Our airplanes didn't even have guns! And if you managed to turn into him, the chances were that you would be either too close to shoot your missile, or have too much angle-off or G for the missile to handle. The envisioned sophisticated radar-directed push-button air war quickly degenerated into an old fashioned dogfight over North Vietnam. Clearly, what we needed was a dogfighter that had the power and agility to outmaneuvcr an enemy, and the sophisticated avionics to spot and attack him before he could sneak up on you. There were several people in the Air Force who realized this very quickly once the war in Vietnam settled into a daily grind against tough targets. There were even people who had predicted the need for such a fighter before Vietnam. However these ideas were not held in high regard by the Defense Department of Robert McNamara. McNamara and his whiz kids were determined to apply the buy to serve commonality. The first Air Force version, the F-4C, was practically identical to the Navy F-4B, it wasn't until the later D and E versions that the Air Force got a Phantom that was designed around Air Force missions. There were rebels in the Air Force who kept the dream of a pure air superiority fighter alive throughout the McNamara years. They fought hard for Research and Development funds for the FX...tht fighter experimental. But there were politxs involved in keeping the dream alive. McNamara was intent on his airplane for all seasons — the TFX — becoming the be-all, end-all in tactical aircraft. But after the Air Force agreed to buy eleven squadrons of NAVY A-7 Corsair lis, thereby paying homage to the great God Commonality, he acceded to further funding of the FX as a follow-on interceptor to the Phantom. With that chip in hand, the Air Force Systems Command went overboard in its specifications for the new fighter, finally coming up with a proposed airplane that was uncomfortably F-lll like. However, that was not what the chumpions of an air superiority fighter had in mind, and they finally made their voices heard. If any one man could be considered the father of the F-15 it would be Major John Boyd. He had been an instructor at the USAF Fighter Weapons School in the 1950s and had written a tactics manual entitled Aerial Attack Study. Boyd had developed theories that went beyond just pulling Gs during a fight. His energy maneuverability concepts shaped air combat for the future, taking air-to-air combat out of the horizontal plane and making modern air combat truly three dimensional. Boyd, with the assistance of mathematician Tom Christie, used computers at Eglin AFB to refine his theories and gel his conclusions on paper. The resultant report was such an articulate argument in favor of the pure, air-to-air fighter that Boyd was invited to apply his expertise to the design of the FX. What finally emerged from Boyd's studies was a fighter with high thrust to weight ratio and low wing loading. It was optimised...not to necessarily go high or fast...but to maneuver.
Автор: Lou Drendel
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1991
isbn: 0897472632
Количество страниц: 61
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
It is a collection of interviews from pilots and the makers of the A-6 Intruder...which makes the book really interesting, since they are the experts. In a few short paragraphs, the designer of this plane from Grumman Aircraft explains how/why certain choices were made. There are many excellent drawings (1/72 scale) that help a modeler as well as dozens of color line drawings to show various paint schemes used in the 50+ years of this plane's life. A lot of clear B&W photos are included along with captions explaining what is of interest in the photo.
Автор: Wojciech J. Gawrych
Издательство: Progres Publishing House
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 8391648354
Количество страниц: 88
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Язык: английский / польский. The idea of a 'fast tank', based on the Christie suspension, came to the British only in the mid-1930s. The various trials of experimental mechanized forces of the 1920s and early 1930s had led info the development of three distinct types of lank - the 'infantry tank' to support infantry in the attack (slow, lhighlly armed, but heavily armored), the cruiser tank' (faster, more lightly armored, fitted with a gun suitable for taking on enemy tanks), and the 'light tank' (last but hightly armed and armored, for reconatssance).
Автор: Lou Drendel
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1990
isbn: 0897472543
Количество страниц: 62
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Introduction: When I wrote "F-14 In Action" during 1977. the Tomcat was a relatively new aircraft. It had made its first operational deployments just two years previously and there were only ten squadrons in active service. A lot has happened since 1977. but Grumman's big swing-wing fighter is still the hottest thing in the fleet It was the aircraft flown by Maverick and Goose in "TOP GUN" and. while all Tomcat pilots wont end up with Kelly McGillis. you can bet that they believe the only reason is that there is a limited supply of Kelly McGillises. Tomcat pilots are the elite of the carrier air wings, masters of the air-to-air arena, the tip of the foreign policy sword and are filled with a self-confidence borne of the certain knowledge that they are flying the best fighter-interceptor the Navy has ever put aboard ship. Victories against terrorism are few and far between, but the most celebrated victories in recent years have been won by Tomcats and Tomcat pilots. These include four kills against the Libyan Arab Air Force and the capture of the hijackers of the ACHILLE LAURO. The Tomcat was born almost twenty years ago. yet with new engines and a re-manufacturing program the F-14D will remain in front-line service well into the next century. The fact that new technology can be integrated into the basic airframe of the Tomcat is an impressive tribute to the sound design of the F-14. In this book you will read the experiences of four of the Tomcat's test pilots. These are men who are uniquely qualified to discuss the design of the airplane and how it has been kept up to date with new avionics, engines and improved tactics. From this vantage point, it would be easy to call the F-14 "The Timeless Tomcat."
Автор: Lou Drendel
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
isbn: 0897472047
Количество страниц: 63
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The F/A-18 Hornet has become the most common aircraft on the decks of US aircraft carriers in the history of naval aviation. While the Super Hornet is a distant relation of the A-D Hornets, they all trace their roots to the loser of the lightweight fighter competition of the early 1970s, the Northrop YF-17. 100 photographs, color profiles and detailed line drawings.
Автор: Glen Phillips, David Smith
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1998
isbn: 0897473868
Количество страниц: 82
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Allison Engined Mustangs Walk Around (SC). Covers four variants of Allison engined-powered Mustangs: Mustang I (RAF), P -51, A-36 Dive Bomber. and the P-51A. 40 pages in color, 12 color profiles.
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