North American Aviation in the Jet Age: The California Years, 1945–1997 - John Fredrickson - Books - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - 9780764358746 - January 28, 2020
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North American Aviation in the Jet Age: The California Years, 1945–1997

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During the waning days of World War II, a frenzied race was underway in rubble-strewn Europe as US and Soviet forces sought to seize advanced German weapons technology.  Over the next quarter century, North American Aviation (NAA) would enhance these spoils of war into fearsome weapons in America's arsenal. There's the swept-wing F-86 Sabre jet fighter, which would go on to be the only Allied warplane to outmaneuver a Soviet MiG-15 over Korea. X-15 rocket planes carried humans to the boundaries of space, setting speed and altitude records that still hold today.  The story of these weapons and the engineers who nourished them is a fascinating look into postwar corporate history of the NAA and its impact on US aviation and space history.

224 pages, 249 colour & b/w photos

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released January 28, 2020
ISBN13 9780764358746
Publishers Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Pages 224
Dimensions 287 × 229 × 26 mm   ·   1.46 kg
Language English  

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