Название: P/F-80 Shooting Star in Action
Автор: Larry Davis
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Серия: Squadron Signal Color Series 1213
ISBN: 0897475577
Год издания: 2008
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 54
Формат: PDF
Размер: 32,3 MB

In 1941, the Chief of the Army Air Forces, General 'Hap' Arnold, saw a need for a US-designed jet aircraft. He instructed General Electric to begin developing a gas turbine engine and Bell Aircraft Company to build a plane around that engine. The result was the XP-59A Airacomet; but, it did not have the performance necessary to challenge Germany s jet fighters. Previously, Lockheed had pursued jet development on its own initiative and was now given the go ahead to build its own jet airplane around a British designed engine, 203 days later, the XP-80 took to the air. The result would meet the USAAF requirements and would eventually become the P-80 Shooting Star. This book traces the development of the Shooting Star with more than 100 photos, color profiles and detailed line drawings