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The Century Series: The USAF Quest for Air Supremacy, 1950-1960: F-100 o F-101 o F-102 o F-104 o F-105 o F-106
Ted Spitzmiller
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Description for The Century Series: The USAF Quest for Air Supremacy, 1950-1960: F-100 o F-101 o F-102 o F-104 o F-105 o F-106
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, over 200 bw images. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 285 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1472. F-100 o F-101o F-102 o F-104 o F-105 o F-106. 224 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBW; JWMV3. Dimension: 225 x 285 x 15. Weight: 1474.
This is the history of fighter aircraft that transitioned the United States Air Force into the supersonic era. By 1952, fighter designations that started with the Curtiss P-1 in 1923, reached the century mark with the North American F-100 - thus the term Century Series. This occurred at the very point where operational fighters could exceed the speed of sound. The useful lives of the six century series aircraft that saw operational service were long and varied - one performing its military role almost fifty years after its prototype first took to the air. Even today, current production fighters barely ... Read more
This is the history of fighter aircraft that transitioned the United States Air Force into the supersonic era. By 1952, fighter designations that started with the Curtiss P-1 in 1923, reached the century mark with the North American F-100 - thus the term Century Series. This occurred at the very point where operational fighters could exceed the speed of sound. The useful lives of the six century series aircraft that saw operational service were long and varied - one performing its military role almost fifty years after its prototype first took to the air. Even today, current production fighters barely ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
1471 g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764340383
SKU
V9780764340383
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About Ted Spitzmiller
Ted Spitzmiller has worked for the Los Alamos National Laboratory for over 25 years. He lives in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
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