Название: P-47 Thunderbolt vs Bf 109G/K: Europe 1943-45
Автор: Martin Bowman
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Duel 11
ISBN: 978 1846033155
Год издания: 2008
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 80
Формат: PDF
Размер: 31 MB

The P-47 climbed like a homesick angel and dived for the deck like a rock. This was due to the mighty power of its air-cooled, turbo-supercharged Double Wasp engine, combined with a brutish barrel-shaped airframe. The deadly firepower was totally destructive. The world's largest single-engined fighter when the USA entered the war, the P-47's 18 cylinders vibrated the whole aircraft like it was going to destroy itself. More Thunderbolts were built than any other American fighter in history. In December 1942, the P-47 was the only readily available American-produced high performance fighter. At altitudes up to 15,000 ft, its rival, the Bf 109G, had all-round better performance than the P-47C, most notably in rate of climb.

Название: Mistel: The Piggy-back Aircraft of the Luftwaffe
Автор: Hans-Peter Dabrowski
Издательство: Schiffer Publishing
Серия: Schiffer Military/Aviation History
ISBN: 0887406688
Год издания: 1994
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 56
Формат: PDF
Размер: 57,3 MB

Mistel: The Piggy-back Aircraft of the Luftwaffe

Название: Advanced Aviation Modelling
Автор: John Mcillmurray
Издательство: Crowood Press Ltd.
ISBN: 1861267533
Год издания: 2005
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 161
Формат: PDF
Размер: 55,3 MB

Today's model aircraft kits are more advanced than ever, including levels of detail unimaginable a few years ago. Yet there is still much that cannot be reproduced `out of the box' and enthusiastic modellers are attracted by advanced techniques and materials to increase the realism of their models further still. The techniques described in this book will enable the modeller to improve detail, create versions of a type not offered by the kit manufacturer, recreate realistic weathering, even battle damage, and to create parts from scratch in a variety of materials.

Название: Bristol Beaufort
Автор: Tony Buttler
Издательство: Warpaint Books
Серия: Warpaint Series No.50
Год издания: 2000
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 44
Формат: PDF
Размер: 25,5 MB

This is the second series of Warpaint. This series was similar to the first, but included colour illustrations and covered a wider range of aircraft types. The series focuses on military aircraft from the Second World War onwards, with an emphasis on the markings carried. Each book contains a concise written history of the subject covered, illustrated with colour and b+w photographs - together with colour profiles and colour multi-view drawings. The centre pages are devoted to a 1:72 scale 5-view line drawings, with numerous scrap view of variants and details. A chapter on operators and markings is included. Appendices tabulate units, serial numbers, tail codes etc.

Название: airey Barracuda
Автор: W. A. Harrison
Издательство: Warpaint Books
Серия: Warpaint Series No.35
Год издания: 2004
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 44
Формат: PDF
Размер: 50,9 MB

This is the second series of Warpaint. This series was similar to the first, but included colour illustrations and covered a wider range of aircraft types. The series focuses on military aircraft from the Second World War onwards, with an emphasis on the markings carried. Each book contains a concise written history of the subject covered, illustrated with colour and b+w photographs - together with colour profiles and colour multi-view drawings. The centre pages are devoted to a 1:72 scale 5-view line drawings, with numerous scrap view of variants and details. A chapter on operators and markings is included. Appendices tabulate units, serial numbers, tail codes etc.

Название: Supermarine Seafire
Автор: Kev Darling
Издательство: Crowood Press
Серия: Crowood Aviation Series
ISBN: 1861269900
Год издания: 2008
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 177
Формат: PDF
Размер: 123,8 MB

Always overshadowed by its far more famous sibling the Spitfire, the Seafire was an aircraft adapted initially in haste to fill a large gap in the Fleet Air Arm's fighter inventory. The first Seafires were developed from the early marks of Rolls-Royce Merlin-powered Spitfore, but although the structure was strengthened to absorb some of the landing loads characteristic of carrier operation, the airframe would exhibit some alarming failures; a trait that continued through the life of the type. The next series of Seafires were Griffon powered and followed their RAF counterparts in introducing blow canopies and, later, modified wing planforms.

Название: he XPlanes of Imperial Japanese Army & Navy 1924-45
Издательство: ] Green Arrow
Серия: Illustrated Warplane History 8
ISBN: 476633292X
Год издания: 1999
Язык: Japanese
Cтраниц: 297
Формат: PDF
Размер: 187,4 MB

The XPlanes of Imperial Japanese Army & Navy 1924-45 (Illustrated Warplane History 8)

Название: Yellowjackets!: The 361st Fighter Group in World War II
Автор: Paul Cora
Издательство: Schiffer Publishing
Серия: Schiffer Military History
ISBN: 0764314661
Год издания: 2002
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 152
Формат: PDF
Размер: 62,1 MB

Yellowjackets! The 361st Fighter Group in World War II is a narrative history of a combat unit attached to the U.S. 8th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations from December 1943 through the end of the war in Europe.

Название: Model Aeroplanes of World War I - Design and Construction
Автор: Graham Goodchild
Издательство: Batsford
ISBN: 0713448962
Год издания: 1987
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 150
Формат: PDF
Размер: 70,3 MB

Model Aeroplanes of World War I - Design and Construction

Название: Under the Red Star: Luftwaffe Aircraft in the Soviet Air Force
Автор: Carl-Fredrik Geust
Издательство: Airlife
ISBN: 1853103950
Год издания: 1993
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 159
Формат: PDF
Размер: 176,7 MB

This book is based on both Soviet and German records and tells the story of the extent to which Soviet forces used German aircraft during World War II. As well as the German aircraft purchased after the signature of the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact in 1939, it tells of the great many captured German aircraft that found their way into the Soviet Air Force. Virtually all major German aircraft types were captured and test-flown during the war, and many others were used operationally.