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Author : Brian Lockett
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0615252761
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Aircraft Carriers of the USAF written by Brian Lockett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project FICON (Fighter conveyer): In the early 1950s, the Air Force conducted a series of experiments to establish the feasibility of carrying, launching, and retrieving jet reconnaissance airplanes from giant Convair RB-36 bombers. It was hoped that the bombers would carry the reconnaissance jets to the perimeter of the Soviet Union and then release them to penetrate the air defenses. Tests of the concept were conducted in 1952 and 1953 with a Republic F-84E Thunderjet and the YF-84F Thunderstreak prototype. Twenty-six Republic RF-84F Thunderflashes and ten Convair GRB-36D carriers were modified for the project. In 1955, a squadron of carriers was established at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. A squadron of parasites was established at nearby Larson Air Force Base. Training operations began in December 1955, but the composite aircraft system faced competition from the Boeing RB-52B, Lockheed U-2, and the development of aerial refueling.

Author : Brian Lockett
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0578031868
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Aircraft Carriers of the USAF: Wing Tip Coupling written by Brian Lockett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During and after World War II, aircraft designers were faced with the problem of increasing the range of strategic bombers. Dr. Richard Vogt, a German immigrant to the United States, proposed that floating wing panels carrying fuel tanks could be attached to the wing tips of an airplane with hinges to extend its range. The floating wing panels would support their own weight, without increasing the load on the airplane's wings. The Air Force initiated a project to simulate floating wing panels with a piloted light plane that coupled to a larger airplane in flight. Soon the scope of the project expanded to explore the possibility of towing fighters coupled to the wing tips of bombers.

Author : Brian Lockett
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0578034816
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Aircraft Carriers of the USAF: McDonnell Xf-85 Goblin written by Brian Lockett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The P-85 Goblin was the only airplane that ever flew which was designed from scratch to be operated entirely from another airplane. The development of the B-36 by the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas resulted in a requirement for fighter protection for the bomber at distances from any friendly base that far exceeded the range of currently available escort fighter airplanes. Due to the inability of contemporary fighters to escort B-36 bombers all the way to their targets, the Army Air Corps initiated Project MX-472, Unconventional Fighter Design Studies, on December 3, 1942. The primary objective of the project was the development of a suitable method of protecting the B-36 on long-range bombing missions. The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation designed the P-85 Goblin to fit entirely within the confines of the bomb bay of the B-36. The little fighter was just fifteen feet long with a wing sapn of twenty-one feet.

Author : Richard K. Smith
Publisher : Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Airships Akron & Macon written by Richard K. Smith and published by Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aviation in the United States Navy written by United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and published by . This book was released on with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Kaplan
Publisher : MetroBooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fly Navy written by Philip Kaplan and published by MetroBooks. This book was released on 2001 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes aircraft carriers of the past and present, the planes that have flown from them, and the lives of the men and women who run the ships and fly the planes.

Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aviation in the United States Navy written by United States. Naval History Division and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Antony Preston
Publisher : Gallery Books
ISBN 13 : 9780831701116
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aircraft Carriers written by Antony Preston and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Barrett Tillman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621576167
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Wave and Wing written by Barrett Tillman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What defended the U.S. after the attack on Pearl Harbor, defeated the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and is an essential tool in the fight against terror? Aircraft Carriers. For seventy years, these ships remained a little understood cornerstone of American power. In his latest book, On Wave and Wing , Barrett Tillman sheds light on the history of these floating leviathans and offers a nuanced analysis of the largest man-made vessel in the history of the world.

Author : United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United States Naval Aviation, 1910-60 written by United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: