Horten Ho 229 Spirit of Thuringia: The Horten All-Wing Jet Fighter
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (956 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1903223660 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Andrei Shepelev has been interested in aviation, especially in unconventional and lesser-known designs, since an early age, and as an aircraft modeller. He is a former student of the Kuibyshev Aviation Institution, specializing in spacecraft and rocket technology and has worked for a number of pu
"Late-war Luftwaffe enthusiasts will really love this terrific tome." (David L. Veres Cybermodeler Online 2015-11-20)"Top notch and very useful for historians and modelers." (Greg Wise IPMS/USA 2015-12-21)"Especially good." (Sabu Advani speedreadersfo 2016-01-13)
Pack ed with photos and drawings and just the right amount of writing - this book has got the mix right.Researching this little known family of aircraft that must have taken the writers years to research, and not to be content with that, the authors uncovered the Dunne D.5, a British WW1 era tailless swept wing biplane -in the introduction an even more obscure aircraft.No mention of the Northrop wings in there, so this is history of European flying wings.The main driver was for drag reduction and maximising the range of the aircraft not stealth.If you like unusual aircraf. "Amazing pictures and detailed information" according to John Matlock. I've been fascinated since I saw the first pictures of the Horten jet powered, wooden, flying wing from the Smithsonian collection. The stories I heard was that this was a deliberate attempt on the German's part to build a 'stealth' fighter way back at the end of the Second World War. But there has been very little published about the plane. Therefore I was delighted to find this book that covers this plane in great detail.Clearly the plane was far ahead of its time, indeed, its design looks so much like the canceled A-12 from McDonnell Doug. Ordering mine today G. Steele Great to see this volume back in distribution at reasonable price. Ordering my copy now. Another commenter noted Horten Brothers remain 'unknown', but there are sources for background about them out there. David Myhra did a 2-volume set (which I helped edit) on the Horten flying wings series (gliders and the Ho-IX). Basis for these books (published by Schiffer) was a large number of interviews with folks who built and test flew gliders and the V.1 version (glider) of the Ho-IX (Go-229). Myhra also spent several weeks with Reimar Horten on hi
The Horten Ho 229, one of the Luftwaffe's so-called wonder weapons, was one of the most enigmatic aircraft designs to emerge from World War 2. in some ways a precursor of the 'stealth' concept, when viewed in relation to its contemporaries, it was clearly years ahead of tis time. With 250 fascinating photographs, plus the most extensive set of accurate scale drawings ever produced on this aircraft by internationally acclaimed draftsman, Arthur Bentley, and accompanied by computer-generated color artwork and cutaways by Andrei Shepelev, this book is the most thorough technical study of the Ho 299 ever produced. The aircraft, which saw figures such as Goering, Galland and Lippish involved in its development, commenced flight-testing in December 1944 and it was planned to re-equip the Me 163-equipped JG 400 with the Ho 229 later in the war.This book charts in detail the development and operational record of the Horten Ho 229. The Ho 229 was planned as the first of the next generation of German jet fighters to follow on from the Messerschmitt Me 262. The intention was to create a high-speed cannon-equipped fighterbomber and reconnaissance aircraft. Now reprinted due to popular demand, this will be a brilliant addition to the growing library of definitive World War 2 aviation histories p