Racing to War
Autor Eric E. Hallen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 mai 2027
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781493091157
ISBN-10: 1493091158
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 153 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
ISBN-10: 1493091158
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 153 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
Notă biografică
Eric Hall began his career as an engineer at Grumman Aircraft (now Northrop Grumman) where he worked on the F-14 Tomcat, the EA6-B Prowler, and Gulf stream aircraft. He then turned to naval architecture where he was the lead engineer on the redesign of the America's Cup-winning 12-meter yacht Intrepid, which led him to form his own yacht rigging company, Hall Spars. An instrument-rated private pilot, he lives in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Cuprins
Key to Photo Credits
Author’s Note: Fifty Years of US Aviation
Prologue
Part I: The Racing Years
1 Engineer in the Making
2 Michigan
3 First Flight
4 Fairchild
5 Becoming a Pilot
6 Designing a Plane After Hours
7 The Granville Brothers
8 Granville A-1
9 An Unlikely Customer
10 Model X
11 Cirrus Derby
12 Model Y Pushes the Limits
13 Model Z Super Sportster
14 First Flight of the Model Z
15 Preparing for National Debut
16 National Air Races
17 Zero Hour
18 Thompson Trophy Race
19 Hall and Granville Part Ways
20 A Tragedy and a New Beginning
21 Thompson Trophy Fever Grows
22 Lynch’s Plane Takes Shape
23 Thaw Orders a Thompson Racer
24 Cicada Takes to the Air
25 Progress on Cicada and Thaw Racer
26 Pressure Builds
27 Bulldog in Limbo
28 Dimming Prospects
29 Thompson Trophy II
30 The End of Springfield Aircraft Company
Part II: The War Years
31 A New Opportunity
32 A Plane for a Star Aviatrix
33 Tragedy Strikes Again
34 The Model O Is a Corker!
35 SR5 Reliant and Fighter Plane Dreams
36 Canadian Seaplane Caper and a Call from Grumman
37 Twin-Engine Amphibian
38 Testing the Goose and the XF4F
39 Terminal Velocity Dive
40 Wheels-Up Landing
41 Trap Enters the Scene
42 Corsair Problems
43 Trap Demands Big New Fighter
44 Last Flight of the XP-50
45 Water Rescue
46 Three Big Warplanes
47 Party Atmosphere Turns Ominous
48 Fw 190 and the Luck of the English
49 Grumman’s Triumph
50 Two Planes Crash the Same Week
51 Eglin Joint Fighter Conference
52 Grumman’s Hot Rod Fighter
53 Evaluating the Fw 190
54 The XF7F-1’s New Pilot
55 Development of XF7F-1 and XF8F-1
56 The XF8F-1 Takes Flight
57 Patuxent River Joint Fighter Conference
58 Into the Jet Age
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Author’s Note: Fifty Years of US Aviation
Prologue
Part I: The Racing Years
1 Engineer in the Making
2 Michigan
3 First Flight
4 Fairchild
5 Becoming a Pilot
6 Designing a Plane After Hours
7 The Granville Brothers
8 Granville A-1
9 An Unlikely Customer
10 Model X
11 Cirrus Derby
12 Model Y Pushes the Limits
13 Model Z Super Sportster
14 First Flight of the Model Z
15 Preparing for National Debut
16 National Air Races
17 Zero Hour
18 Thompson Trophy Race
19 Hall and Granville Part Ways
20 A Tragedy and a New Beginning
21 Thompson Trophy Fever Grows
22 Lynch’s Plane Takes Shape
23 Thaw Orders a Thompson Racer
24 Cicada Takes to the Air
25 Progress on Cicada and Thaw Racer
26 Pressure Builds
27 Bulldog in Limbo
28 Dimming Prospects
29 Thompson Trophy II
30 The End of Springfield Aircraft Company
Part II: The War Years
31 A New Opportunity
32 A Plane for a Star Aviatrix
33 Tragedy Strikes Again
34 The Model O Is a Corker!
35 SR5 Reliant and Fighter Plane Dreams
36 Canadian Seaplane Caper and a Call from Grumman
37 Twin-Engine Amphibian
38 Testing the Goose and the XF4F
39 Terminal Velocity Dive
40 Wheels-Up Landing
41 Trap Enters the Scene
42 Corsair Problems
43 Trap Demands Big New Fighter
44 Last Flight of the XP-50
45 Water Rescue
46 Three Big Warplanes
47 Party Atmosphere Turns Ominous
48 Fw 190 and the Luck of the English
49 Grumman’s Triumph
50 Two Planes Crash the Same Week
51 Eglin Joint Fighter Conference
52 Grumman’s Hot Rod Fighter
53 Evaluating the Fw 190
54 The XF7F-1’s New Pilot
55 Development of XF7F-1 and XF8F-1
56 The XF8F-1 Takes Flight
57 Patuxent River Joint Fighter Conference
58 Into the Jet Age
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
About the Author