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DFS 228 (Paperback)
David Myhra
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R603
R497
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This is the incredible story of the German DFS 228, an ultra
high-altitude photo reconnaissance aircraft, and the first to have
a pressurized, and jettisonable cockpit.
The Luftwaffe's Arado Ar 232 combat area transport flew for the
first time in the summer of 1941, and was a state-of-the-art flying
machine, abounding with technological firsts and innovations.
Author David Myhra has controbuted 200 black and white photographs
and line drawings from his collection, as well as color photographs
of master fine scale modeler Gunter Sengfelder's Arado Ar 232A.
These, together with the digital artwork of Mario Merino bring the
World War II combat zone transport to life.
Eugen Sanger's proposed manned, bi-fuel, liquid rocket-powered
orbital bomber was truly mid-1940s high tech. The world's first
intercontinental bomber project, the Sanger orbital bomber's total
flight time was expected to be no more than two hours. Fascinating
stuff. The complete story is told here for the first time.
X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on
Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Powered by a single
HeS 001A turbojet engine, Woldemer Voigt, who had artfully crafted
the Me 262, ran out of time before he could make the 1101's design
jell as he struggled to produce the world's first variable wing
sweep, ultra light weight interceptor, and armed with Germany's
state-of-the art wing-mounted air-to-air guided missiles. Post-war,
Bell Aircraft sought to carry on Voigt's planning and resolved to
make the complicated mathematics of light weight, variable wing
sweep and wing-mounted weapons come together in a single aircraft
design. The result was the Bell X-5, and it too, was disappointing.
This photographic history of the Me P.1101 by David Myhra features
mostly previously unpublished photos, three-view line drawings, and
stunningly realistic photos of a 1101 scale model.
Rare history of the the secretive and seldom photographed Me 209
V1, V2, V3, and V4 prototypes.
The pilot-operated Bachem Ba 349 "Natter" ("Adder") was one of
several unexpected new weapons Germany was seeking to perfect for a
more effective defense against Allied heavy bombers. The idea of
the ground-to-air missile to slow down, if not stop, attacking
aircraft was one of the greatest developments to come out of World
War II, and Germany led the field. David Myhra has taken 240
photographs and illustrations from his collection and presents the
world's first defense interceptor missile - the manned Ba 349
"Natter."
Horten brothers biographer David Myhra continues his efforts for a
full accounting of the events surrounding the design, construction,
and flight testing of the twin turbojet powered all-wing prototype
Horten Ho 9 fighter/interceptor and its serial production prototype
the Horten Ho 229V3.
This new book is the third of a multi-volume series covering the
complete history of Germany's legendary World War II jet fighter,
the Messerschmitt Me 262. Featured here are the Me 262 "A" series
types from the A-1a jabo through the A-5 and including bomber,
recon, night-fighter and other variants. Forthcoming volumes in the
series will cover additional production types and unusual design
versions.
Rare history of the the secretive and seldom photographed Me 209
V1, V2, V3, and V4 prototypes.
The Fi 103 V-1 was the world's first practical cruise missile. The
manned V-1s, the Fi 103R - known as the "Reichenburg" - were
developed as a measure to continue the use of the V-1s after the
Allies destroyed the missile's launch sites. Only about 175 manned
V-1s were constructed, converted from existing new V-1s yet not a
single machine was ever flown against an Allied target because the
program was canceled in October 1944. Here is the complete story.
X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on
Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Into the arms of
the angels went pilots of the Me 163s, however the Alexander
Lippisch-designed machine wasn't quite finished even though it went
into serial production. The RLM called upon Heinrich Hertel of
Junkers Flugzeugbau to give the aging 163 a complete make over and
a make up for all the initial items it lacked - that is a cruising
HWK 509 bi-fuel liquid rocket engine with a dual combustion
chamber, tricycle landing gear, C and T-Stoff fuel tanks in the
wings to provide longer flight duration, and so on. Although
Hertel's machine was not flight tested under power prior to war's
end the new and improved version now known as the Me 263 was test
flown post war in the USSR. David Myhra has assembled previously
unpublished photos, state-of-the art digital images, and photos of
a 263 scale model to make this book on the 263 a one of a kind
photographic reference.
This new book is the third of a multi-volume series covering the
complete history of Germany's legendary World War II jet fighter,
the Messerschmitt Me 262. Featured here are the Me 262 "A" series
types from the A-1a jabo through the A-5 and including bomber,
recon, night-fighter and other variants. Forthcoming volumes in the
series will cover additional production types and unusual design
versions.
The Arado Ar 234C was the world's first four turbojet-powered
flying machine to be built in series. But it was more than that,
and its design and testing raised great hopes among the Nazis. The
Ar 234 was nothing less than Adolf Hitler's long awaited "EnglAnder
Bomber." Powered by four BMW 003A-1 turbojet engines, with a
combined thrust of 7,040 pounds, early test results indicated that
it could reach speeds of over 550 mph even when loaded with tons of
high explosive bombs and/or guided missiles. This complete
illustrated history contains over 570 photographs and line
drawings.
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Gotha P.60 (Paperback)
David Myhra
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R604
R498
Discovery Miles 4 980
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A detailed look at the aircraft proposed by Gotha to replace the
Horten Ho 229, which had already been selected for series
production by the RLM. Includes a comparison of the two aircraft,
as well as firsthand interviews with those involved in the program.
This is the story of the world's first attempt at perfecting a
true, tail-sitting vertical take off and landing (VTOL) interceptor
flying machine - Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau's proposed
"Triebflegeljager" or thrust wing fighter project of 1944. The
Triebflegeljager was not intended to be an air-superiority
dogfighter, but a bomber killer rising straight up from its hiding
place in the forest or urban area to meet and attack Allied bombers
head on. With its mission completed it would return to its hiding
place on the forest floor and wait to arise again. The
Triebflegeljager would have been a point-defense interceptor
intended for the Luftwaffe home defense squadrons and its most
important virtue was that it would not need a runway. Highly
unusual, then as well as today, the "Triebflegeljager" was an
amazing prototype.
This new book is the third of a multi-volume series covering the
complete history of Germany's legendary World War II jet fighter,
the Messerschmitt Me 262. Featured here are the Me 262 "A" series
types from the A-1a jabo through the A-5 and including bomber,
recon, night-fighter and other variants. Forthcoming volumes in the
series will cover additional production types and unusual design
versions.
Horten brothers biographer David Myhra continues his efforts for a
full accounting of the events surrounding the design, construction,
and flight testing of the twin turbojet powered all-wing prototype
Horten Ho 9 fighter/interceptor and its serial production prototype
the Horten Ho 229V3.
X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on
Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II The Focke-Wulf Ta
183 "geheim projekt" came from the mind of aircraft design genius
Hans Multhopp. With its single HeS 011A turbojet engine and
signature "Multhopp T-tail" it had been selected for immediate
series production by the RLM in March, 1945, and Focke-Wulf
officials believed that the 183's maiden flight might occur as
quickly as June, 1945. Post-war the Ta 183 became the "mother" of
the Soviet MiG-15 and the Argentine IAe 33 "Pulqui II" which Kurt
Tank built for PresidentA (c) Juan PerA(3)n. This photographic
history of the 183 by David Myhra features 129 mostly previously
unpublished photos, three-view line drawings, and stunning
state-of-the-art digital color images.
X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on
Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Over 200 images,
including three-view drawings, comprise this one of a kind photo
album on the He 162. Included are photos of the He 162 in wartime
service with JG 1, and the later surrender of at least thirty-one
flight ready He 162s to British ground forces at Lech on 8 May
1945. Subsequent test flights of He 162s in post-war England, USSR,
South Wales, Australia, and the United States are also covered. No
other aviation publication has ever assembled this large a quantity
of images of the He 162 in a single volume.
A concise history pictorial of Richard Vogt's well known
asymmetrical flying machine. Includes many never before published
photographs and schematics.
X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on
Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Three Horten Ho 9s
were constructed prior to war's end: the V1 sailplane, the twin
004B powered prototype V2, and the serial production prototype V3
by Gotha-Friedrichsroda. The V1 was destroyed at the U.S. Luftwaffe
Aircraft Collection Center-Merseburg. The V2 crashed at Oranienburg
killing its test pilot Erwin Ziller. The V3 was captured and taken
by General George McDonald's Army Air Force Intelligence unit to
the U.S. Luftwaffe Aircraft Collection Center. The Ho 229 V3 was
eventually shipped to Freeman Field, Ohio about September 1945, and
is now in storage at the National Air and Space Museum, Silver
Hill, Maryland awaiting restoration. Myhra has taken 150 photos of
the Ho 9 from his collection, along with several dozen digital
images, and has put together a unique Ho 9 photo collection.
The Horten Brothers and Their All-Wing Aircraft is the heretofore
untold true story of Reimar, Wolfram, and Walter Horten's
remarkable aeronautical achievements with the all-wing planform
between 1933 and 1945 as told to aviation biographer David Myhra.
Talking daily with Reimar Horten at his ranch at the foothills of
the Andes Mountains in Argentina for two months, and also with
Walter in Baden Baden, Germany, the two brothers described in
detail their struggles in Nazi controlled Germany to perfect the
all-wing planform. Astounding as their real-life story is of
itself, the Horten brothers gave David Myhra hundreds of
photographs to illustrate this new volume. In this remarkable book
David Myhra tells the true story of the Horten brothers and their
all-wing aircraft through the use of over 735 photos and three-view
line drawings of their entire all-wing line. Most of these photos
and drawings have not been available to the public until now. Even
more astonishing, the Hortens, ridiculed in the mid-1930s for
wasting their genius on silly all-wing aircraft, would be the only
ones called on by Hermann GAring in December 1944 to build an
all-wing "Amerika" atomic bomber and save Deutschland from certain
and final destruction by the Allies through a negotiated peace
settlement. The Horten Ho 18 "Amerika Bomber" was not meant to be.
But it might have been if the war had not ended in May 1945 but,
say, May 1946. This, then, is the fascinating true story of those
naive boy-designers from Bonn, the Horten brothers and their silly
all-wing airplanes.
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