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Chargement... French Secret Projects 2: Cold War Bombers, Patrol and Assault Aircraftpar Jean-Christophe Carbonel
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. While the second half of the author's coverage of post-World War II French aviation is not quite as fascinating as the first there's still quite a lot of good material here. As the subtitle implies, besides coverage of bombers you'll also find anything that can be described as an army cooperation aircraft, including assault transports and helicopters. Still, the single most interesting chapter refers to a truly secret project that was called "Minerve" which dealt with a variety of aircraft that were supposed to be capable of air-launching a ballistic missile; the cover illustration is that of one such project. Again, if you have and like the first book you will also want this one. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieSecret Projects (French 2)
As early as 1944 France began the task of re-building its military aircraft industry and developing high performance aircraft for its armed forces. In doing so, French aircraft manufacturers produced some of the most innovative and outlandish bomber projects, proposals, designs and prototypes of the Cold War era. Many French bomber projects started life in response to proposals from the French armed forces. Others were originated by the industry itself, it was also not unusual for rejected fighter designs to be entered in bomber competitions. Furthermore, if national organizations were not convinced of the validity of the industry proposals, or if the military still could not find any use for the technology being proposed, or if the budget was cut, manufacturers might modify their proposals in an attempt to obtain alternative funding from America (Mutual Defense Assistance Act), Germany or NATO. The result was a huge variety of bomber aircraft designs. In some cases a machine rejected for one specific military role could be modified with new avionics, engine or armament and reappear to succeed in another role. As France became a nuclear power, its requirement for nuclear strike aircraft (such as the Dassault Minerve V) grew, and many projects for advanced strike aircraft, including Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) designs, followed. Turbojet, ramjet and rocket propulsion and supersonic designs were all researched, sometimes taking advantage of captured German wartime technology or using national pre-war research. Companion volume to the acclaimed French Secret Projects 1; period drawings, promotional art, photographs of prototype aircraft, mock-ups, wind tunnel and promotional models are all combined to present, in French Secret Projects 2, a comprehensive view of French military bomber and strike aircraft designs from the Liberation of France to the late twentieth-century. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Superb survey of post WWII design efforts by the French to maintain state-of-the-art aircraft design covering a range of aircraft types. There were a few delightful surprises within this book which included chapters on Troop Mobility Vehicles and other unconventional aircraft. The coverage of each type of aircraft is of decent breath and depth. If you're looking for specific information on the development of a particular aircraft, look elsewhere. What you get here is a brief description of the program,the requirements and politics that drove it and a description of the paper airplanes and prototypes that were built. If serial production was achieved,there is a brief description of those aircraft. Aside from the bombers mentioned in the Amazon description there is coverage of COIN, Cargo, ASW, Helicopters, and a few other types.There are a few typographical errors, none of which detract from the quality of the text or the illustrations. (Be aware that a few of the reproductions are from very old sources and reproduction is not always perfect.) Highly recommended for those with an interest in French aviation, aircraft development, Cold War aircraft, or aircraft development. ( )