Flying Wings & Radical Things: Northrop's Secret Aerospace Projects & Concepts 1939-1994 - Tapa dura

"This is a truly wonderful compendium of a major aeronautical company."--George Hulett"Air Classics" (08/10/2016)

"As comprehensive as it is unique and will prove to be of immense interest to any and all aviation history buffs."--Michael J. Carson"Midwest Book Review" (08/15/2016)

"Virtually every page prompted jaw-dropping 'wows'."--David L. Veres"Cybermodeler" (09/13/2016)

"A great read and a book I can highly recommend to you."--Scott Van Aken"Modeling Madness" (07/15/2016)

"The definitive source for information on Northrop."--Richard P. Hallion"Air & Space" (03/21/2017)

"The insight it gives of Northrop's aircraft and history is fascinating."--Finescale Modeler Magazine (08/26/2016)

2019 Winner of the History Manuscript Award--American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (11/15/2018)

"I whole heartily recommend this book to everyone with an interest in aircraft; it is so well writing and annotated!"--Allan Murrell"IPMS/USA" (07/20/2016)

"...likely to be the definitive account of the company's developments."-- (09/12/2016)

John K. "Jack" Northrop and the company he founded in 1939, Northrop Aircraft, Inc., will be forever linked with the giant futuristic Flying Wings of the 1940s. But those iconic designs were not the only ideas to spring from the mind of this pioneering visionary and the innovative engineers who followed him. Many piston-powered and turbojet concepts, both conventional and radical in shape and purpose, were proposed and developed over the company's proud fifty-five year history.

This book unveils Northrop's once-secret radical designs, many for the first time, with never-before-published drawings, models, and photos of such novel concepts as a ship-based vertical take-off and landing fighter, a supersonic intercontinental cruise missile, a rocket-boosted jet spaceplane trainer, and a radical combination truck/aircraft/boat cargo vehicle. Much of this material has only recently been declassified.

Here for the first time is the untold story of Northrop's rare, unique, and formerly super-secret aircraft and spacecraft of the future. Featuring stunning original factory artwork, technical drawings, and never-before-seen photographs, this book shows an amazing array of radical high-performance aircraft concepts from Jack Northrop and his team of brilliant and innovative engineers.