B-W photo illustrations throughout, with line drawings showing 3-dimenionals and schematics. One of the most durable airplanes ever built, smaller air forces around the world sill use it as a tactical airplane almost 40 years after it first was formed in pencil on a drawing board. The name Texan was applied to Army AT-6's and up, and Navy and Marine SNJ-3's on up, and is used more as a generic name covering all models. But, the story of the Texan - call it what you will - is not all that easy to tell. It is in fact quite involved. Contents: Foreword, Section 1, Description; Section 2. Normal Operating Instructions; Section 3. Flight Operating Data; Section 4. Emergency Operating Instructions; Section 5. Operational Equipment; Appendix 1. Flight Operating Charts.… (plus d'informations)
diagrams, pictorial wrappers, The Northrop YB-49 was a prototype jet-powered heavy bomber aircraft developed by Northrop Corporation shortly after World War II for service with the U.S. Air Force. The YB-49 featured a flying wing design and was a jet-powered development of the earlier, piston-engined Northrop XB-35 and YB-35. The two YB-49s actually built were both converted YB-35 test aircraft. The YB-49 never entered production, being passed over in favor of the more conventional Convair B-36 Peacemaker piston-driven design. Design work performed in the development of the YB-35 and YB-49 nonetheless proved to be valuable to Northrop decades later in the eventual development of the B-2 stealth bomber, which entered service in the early 1990s.… (plus d'informations)
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