{"product_id":"american-x-y-planes-volume-ii-experimental-aircraft-since-1945-by-k-darling","title":"AMERICAN X \u0026 Y PLANES, VOLUME II: Experimental Aircraft Since 1945 by K. Darling","description":"\u003cp\u003eAMERICAN X \u0026amp; Y PLANES, VOLUME II: Experimental Aircraft Since 1945\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Kev Darling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9781847971470\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: The Crowood Press 2010, this edition 2016\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 180 w x 245 h x 15 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 143\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4\/2505\/0613\/B925\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nThis second volume of Kev Darling's history of American prototype and experimental aircraft tells the full story of these fascinating aircraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the primitive jets of the immediate post-war period to the F-22 and F-23 stealth fighters that represent the pinnacle of modern warplane design.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1945 the Allies returned home with much technical information from German research concerning jet engines and swept wings. Though the USAAF had already deployed an early batch of jet fighters, Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars, to Italy in 1945, their centrifugal-flow engines had limited scope for further development compared with the axial-flow engines used by the Germans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome and colour images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nNew with only light shelf wear on dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452196045092,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/122888.jpg?v=1783764256","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/american-x-y-planes-volume-ii-experimental-aircraft-since-1945-by-k-darling","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}