Description
| Product ID: | 9781472835987 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | X-Planes |
| Title: | Jet Prototypes of World War II |
| Subtitle: | Gloster, Heinkel, and Caproni Campini's wartime jet programmes |
| Authors: | Author: Tony Buttler, Adam Tooby |
| Page Count: | 80 |
| Subjects: | History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Military history, Second World War, Warfare and defence, Military history, Second World War, Warfare & defence, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating While World War II raged, pioneering aircraft and engine designers were busy developing the world’s first practical jet-powered research aircraft to test and prove the new technology. This book examines the aircraft that paved the way for Germany’s Me 262 and Britain’s Meteor - the world''s first jet fighters. Throughout the war, Germany, Italy and Britain engaged in top-secret jet programmes as they raced to develop the airpower of the future. Various experimental aircraft were trialled in order to achieve the goal of producing an effective engine and fighter that could harness the potential of the jet power. These included the German Heinkel He 178 research aircraft and Heinkel He 280 jet fighter prototype, the famed British E.28/39 research aircraft built by Gloster Aircraft as well as the stillborn E.5/42 fighter and E.1/44 Ace fighter prototype, and finally the remarkable Italian Caproni-Campini N.1/CC 2 research aircraft.Illustrated throughout with full-colour artwork and rare photographs, this fascinating study examines the fore-runners to the military jet age. While World War II raged, pioneering aircraft and engine designers were busy developing the world’s first practical jet-powered research aircraft to test and prove the new technology. This book examines the aircraft that paved the way for Germany’s Me 262 and Britain’s Meteor - the world's first jet fighters. Throughout the war, Germany, Italy and Britain engaged in top-secret jet programmes as they raced to develop the airpower of the future. Various experimental aircraft were trialled in order to achieve the goal of producing an effective engine and fighter that could harness the potential of the jet power. These included the German Heinkel He 178 research aircraft and Heinkel He 280 jet fighter prototype, the famed British E.28/39 research aircraft built by Gloster Aircraft as well as the stillborn E.5/42 fighter and E.1/44 Ace fighter prototype, and finally the remarkable Italian Caproni-Campini N.1/CC 2 research aircraft. Illustrated throughout with full-colour artwork and rare photographs, this fascinating study examines the fore-runners to the military jet age. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-09-19 |
