WINGED WONDERS — The Story of the Flying Wings
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Characteristics
| ISBN-10 | 0-87474-967-0 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Perfect paperback |
| Condition | Used — Like NEW |
| Author(s) | E. T. Wooldridge |
| Publisher | National Air and Space Museum |
| Number of pages | 230 |
| Published date | 1983 Second printing 1985 Reprinted 1988 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 20 x 25 x 1.5 cm |
Description
This comprehensive history traces the development of tailless aircraft from the earliest experimental designs to the advanced flying wing bombers. The book covers the pioneering work of European and American designers, including detailed accounts of the Northrop N-1M, N-9M, and XB-35 aircraft development.
Part I of A History of Tailless Aircraft explores the first fifty years (1870–1920), European developments between the wars, American discoveries of the flying wing, and the war years.
Part II, The Northrop Years, chronicles Northrop’s first flying wing, the wings of war, the N-9M prelude to the flying wing bombers, the flying wing bombers themselves—triumph and despair—and subsequent developments from the fifties onward.
The book includes detailed appendices on restoring the Northrop N-1M, airplane specifications of the XB-35, YB-35, and YB-35A, flying wing bomber records, and a comprehensive table of early tailless aircraft. A glossary of aeronautical terms, a select bibliography, and an extensive index are also provided.
Illustrated throughout with historical photographs and technical diagrams, A History of Tailless Aircraft documents this fascinating chapter in aviation history, offering a complete view of the evolution of some of the most innovative designs ever to take to the skies.