BIPLANE TO MONOPLANE: Aircraft Development 1919-39 (Putnam's History of Aircraft)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.96 (741 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0851778747 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This is a study of aircraft, from biplanes to monoplanes between the years 1919-39. ?The series concentrates on the development of aircraft from the viewpoint of their technical development, the effect of technical development on the use of aircraft, and the effect of their usage on technical development. The book is part of a 12-volume series, which covers the production and operation of aircraft worldwide. Each volume is devoted to essays on aircraft types, their development and option, systems and equipment. Moving from the general to the specific, graphs and tabular data relating to typical or significant aircraft or allied subjects are provided in each section. Contributors to this title include: Ken Munson, John Stround, Ted Hooton, Peter Hearn, Norman Friedman, Darrol Stinton, Patrick Hassell, Mike Hirst, Morman Barfield, Harry Woodman, Ralph Barker, Sebastian Ri
Emmanuel Gustin said A good introduction. This is a good introduction to an age of great change in aviation. As is normal in a volume out of a series that wants to be a complete history of aviation, this book is rather encyclopedic in nature. That means that in some chapters all detail is sacrificed to create a complete overview, which tends towards the boring. This tendency is balanced, however, by very informative chapters on such specialized subjects as the development of the retractable landing gear, which make the book interesting even for readers who already know a