Boeing B-47 Stratojet
ISBN 10: 1836320892 ISBN 13: 9781836320890
Editorial: Key Publishing Bookazines, 2025
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Descripción:
The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de ref. del artículo GOR014577889
Sinopsis:
First flown at the end of 1947, little more than two years after World War Two, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet was the first swept-wing bomber to enter service with the US Air Force. More than 2,000 were built (no other US post-war bomber was produced in greater numbers) and was operational with Strategic Air Command from the early 1950s, with some remaining on duty for almost 25 years. Capable of delivering a nuclear punch it was in front-line service around the world, being used for secret spy missions over Soviet and Chinese airspace, as well as carrying the strategic deterrent. Never easy to fly, it handled like a fighter and took American air power high in the sky where it was believed safe from enemy attack. This bookazine tells the full story of this exciting aircraft, its design, construction and delivery. Everything you wanted to know about the Stratojet, from routine bomber patrols and secret sky missions together with the memories of pilots who flew it, are all contained in this comprehensive title.
Acerca del autor:
With a background in the aviation and space industry, working with companies and government organisations in the UK and the USA, David Baker has made a lifelong study of aeronautical and aerospace projects to inform his research into the men and the machines of flight and flying. He has written more than 100 books and since the 1990s has served as editor for Horizon, the house magazine for Smiths Industries, for Janes Information Group on two yearbooks, on Aviation News and on SpaceFlight, the monthly magazine of the British Interplanetary Society. David had experience working with NASA and managing his aerospace consulting company from offices in London and in Trenton, New Jersey, visiting many countries around the world to advise governments and organisations on aeronautical and aerospace programmes.
In the 1980s, David was made a voting member of the International Academy of Astronautics and received the 1998 Rolls-Royce Award for the 'Best Propulsion Submission', a category within the RAeS Aerospace Journalist of the Year awards. He is also the recipient of the Arthur C Clarke Award and of the American Astronautical Society's Frederick I Ordway III award for 'sustained excellence in space coverage, through books and articles, as well as engagement in the early US space program', presented at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. David lives with his wife Ann in East Sussex.
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Detalles bibliográficos
Título: Boeing B-47 Stratojet
Editorial: Key Publishing Bookazines
Año de publicación: 2025
Encuadernación: Paperback
Condición: Very Good