Titre
Revolution in the Sky - The Lockeed's of Aviation's Golden Age
Auteur
Allen, Richard Sanders
Langue
Anglais
ISBN
9780517566787
Éditeur
Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2e druk,1997
Prix
€ 19,50
Détails
In NIEUWSTAAT; gebonden met omslag; 256pp; mooi geïllustreerd
Plus d'informations
The vears between 1927 and 1937 are
known as the golden age of aviation-
a time of heady achievement, technolog-
ical innovation, and the romantic pio-
neering spirit of Charles and Anne
Lindbergh , Wiley Post and Will Rogers,
Amelia Earhart, Roscoe Turner, and
Jimmy Doolittle. These years saw the
continents and oceans spanned by air-
planes, the polar regions explored, and
records set for distance, speed, altitude,
and endurance.
All this was made possible to a very
great degree by one aircraft type: the
fabulous single-engine Lockheed, first
and best known as the Vega, with the
later models Sirius, Altair, and Orion.
Only 198 planes of this type were built,
but their contribution to the history of
aviation is immeasurable.
In this revised and updated edition of
his widely acclaimed but long-out-
of-print classic, Richard Allen tells the
exciting story of the design and
construction of the Vega, and of the men
and women who flew her into history.
With its revolutionary
semi-mono-
coque, stressed-skin design, the efficient
Vega had a strength-to-weight ratio su-
perior to the airplanes that had come be-
fore. She could carry more passengers
or fuel) a greater distance than had been
previously possible. And though she was
made of wood and fabric, her new de-
sign would point the way to the light
weight all-metal airplanes of the modern
era.
Richard Allen's brilliant evocation of
this whole period of aviation history,
with all its triumphs and tragedies, is
supplemented by hundreds of historical
photographs and scale-model drawings
It successfully blends technical history
with the excitement, adventure, and
romance of aviation, and chronicles the
careers of the brash young men and
women who proved that flying could
really get you there. Its first edition in
1964 garnered wide acclaim from the avi-
ation community.
This is the fascinating story of the single-engine Lockheeds flown by Charles Lindbergh, Wiley Post and Will Rogers, Amelia Earhart, and Jimmy Doolittle.
known as the golden age of aviation-
a time of heady achievement, technolog-
ical innovation, and the romantic pio-
neering spirit of Charles and Anne
Lindbergh , Wiley Post and Will Rogers,
Amelia Earhart, Roscoe Turner, and
Jimmy Doolittle. These years saw the
continents and oceans spanned by air-
planes, the polar regions explored, and
records set for distance, speed, altitude,
and endurance.
All this was made possible to a very
great degree by one aircraft type: the
fabulous single-engine Lockheed, first
and best known as the Vega, with the
later models Sirius, Altair, and Orion.
Only 198 planes of this type were built,
but their contribution to the history of
aviation is immeasurable.
In this revised and updated edition of
his widely acclaimed but long-out-
of-print classic, Richard Allen tells the
exciting story of the design and
construction of the Vega, and of the men
and women who flew her into history.
With its revolutionary
semi-mono-
coque, stressed-skin design, the efficient
Vega had a strength-to-weight ratio su-
perior to the airplanes that had come be-
fore. She could carry more passengers
or fuel) a greater distance than had been
previously possible. And though she was
made of wood and fabric, her new de-
sign would point the way to the light
weight all-metal airplanes of the modern
era.
Richard Allen's brilliant evocation of
this whole period of aviation history,
with all its triumphs and tragedies, is
supplemented by hundreds of historical
photographs and scale-model drawings
It successfully blends technical history
with the excitement, adventure, and
romance of aviation, and chronicles the
careers of the brash young men and
women who proved that flying could
really get you there. Its first edition in
1964 garnered wide acclaim from the avi-
ation community.
This is the fascinating story of the single-engine Lockheeds flown by Charles Lindbergh, Wiley Post and Will Rogers, Amelia Earhart, and Jimmy Doolittle.
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