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Fighting cockpits : in the pilot's seat of great military aircraft from World War I to today / Donald Nijboer ; photography by Dan Patterson

Catalog Data

Author:
Nijboer, Donald 1959-  Search this
Photographer:
Patterson, Dan 1953-  Search this
Physical description:
224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2016
Contents:
World War I wind in the wires . Nieuport 28 -- Royal aircraft factory S.E. 5-- Bristol F2B -- Fokker Dr. I -- Sopwith Triplane -- Sopwith Triplane --AEG G. IV --SPAD VII -- Halberstadt CLIV --Fokker D. VII -- Between the wars the rise of the monoplane -- Martin MB-2 --Hawker Hind --Fiat CR. 32 -- Boeing P-26 Peashooter -- Curliss F9C Sparrowhawk -- Vought SB2U Vindicator -- Westland Lysander -- PZL P.11 --World War II death at 30,000 feet -- Supermarine Spitfire --Messerschmitt Bf109 --Republic P-47 Thunderbolt -- North American P-51 Mustang -- Handley Page Halifax -- Vickers Wellington --Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger --Fairey Firefly --Fiat CR. 42 -- Ilyushin II-2 Šturmovík -- Heinkel He 219 Uhu -- Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryū --Curtiss SB2C Helldiver -- Northrop P-61 Black Widow -- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress -- Boeing B-29 Superfortress -- Dornier Do 335 Pfeil -- Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe -- Arado Ar 234 Blitz -- Cold war to the present mutually assured destruction -- North American F-86 Sabre -- Boeing B-52 Stratofortress -- Grumman A-6 Intruder -- General Dynamic F-111 Aardvark --Hawker Siddeley Harier -- McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F-15 Eagle Grumman F-14 Tomcat -- Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II -- General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon -- Mikoyan MiG-29 -- Rockwell B-1 Lancer -- Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk -- Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor -- Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter
Summary:
Climb inside the cockpits of the world's most famous military aircraft from World War I, World War II to the present day! What was it like to sit in the pilot's seat and take control of a P-51 Mustang in World War II? What about an F-14 Tomcat at the height of the Cold War? Or a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor today? The cockpits of these fighter and bomber aircraft are revealed in Fighting Cockpits. Showcasing more than 50 of the world's most famous combat cockpits from early World War I aircraft to present-day fighters, this book includes more than 200 rich colour photos from photographer Dan Patterson, as well as detailed history about combat cockpit development from aviation expert and historian Donald Nijboer. In the beginning of the twentieth century, aircraft had open cockpits. Pilots during World War I had to bundle up with fleece-lined leather coats, sheepskin thigh boots, and woolen underclothing to avoid freezing in the cold air four miles up. There was no heating, no oxygen for high flying, no retractable undercarriage, no engine starter, no radio links with air or ground, no brakes to help with landing, and no parachutes. The pilot was afforded merely left and right foot pedals to control the rudder and a single central control stick to cause the nose of the plane to pitch up or down. Since then, the cockpits of fighters and bombers have seen quite an evolution, and the chronology is represented in Fighting Cockpits. Presented in large-format volume, this book will complete any history buff or aviation enthusiast's library
Topic:
Airplanes, Military--History  Search this
Airplanes--Cockpits  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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