Modern fighter aircraft / Francis Crosby.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Southwater, 2004.Description: 128 pages : color illustrations ; 30cmContent type:- text
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- 1842159917(pbk)
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 629.133 CRO | 1 | Available | T00407669 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book consists of an A-Z of modern fighters, from 1945 to the present day. From the propeller-driven Hawker SEa Fury to the jet-powered Eurofighter Typhoon, all the principal post-war fighters are described, illustrated and analyzed.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 6)
- The History of Modern Fighters
- Higher and faster (p. 10)
- Korea: the first jet v. jet war (p. 12)
- Fighter aircraft technology: 1945 to the present day (p. 14)
- Fighter armament (p. 16)
- Fighters at war: 1950s-70s (p. 18)
- Fighters at war: 1980s-90s (p. 20)
- Inflight refuelling (p. 22)
- Pilot equipment in the 21st century (p. 24)
- A-Z of Modern Fighter Aircraft
- AIDC Ching-kuo (p. 28)
- Armstrong Whitworth Meteor nightfighters (p. 28)
- Armstrong Whitworth (Hawker) Sea Hawk (p. 29)
- Atlas/Denel Cheetah (p. 30)
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck (p. 31)
- BAE Systems Harrier/Sea Harrier (p. 32)
- McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F-15 (p. 34)
- Boeing/McDonnell Douglas/Northrop F/A-18 Hornet (p. 36)
- British Aircraft Corporation/English Electric Lightning (p. 38)
- Convair F-102 Delta Dagger (p. 40)
- Convair F-106 Delta Dart (p. 42)
- Dassault Mystere/Super Mystere (p. 43)
- Dassault-Breguet Mirage 2000 (p. 44)
- Dassault Etendard and Super Etendard (p. 46)
- Dassault Mirage F1 (p. 48)
- Dassault Mirage III family (p. 50)
- Dassault Rafale (p. 52)
- de Havilland Hornet (p. 54)
- de Havilland Sea Vixen (p. 55)
- de Havilland Vampire (p. 56)
- Douglas F4D Skyray (p. 57)
- Eurofighter Typhoon (p. 58)
- Fiat/Aeritalia G91 (p. 59)
- Folland/Hawker Siddeley Gnat (p. 60)
- Gloster Javelin (p. 61)
- Grumman F7F Tigercat (p. 62)
- Grumman F9F Cougar (p. 63)
- Grumman F9F Panther (p. 64)
- Grumman F11F Tiger (p. 65)
- Grumman F-14 Tomcat (p. 66)
- Hawker Hunter (p. 68)
- Hawker Sea Fury/Fury (p. 70)
- Hindustan HF-24 Marut (p. 72)
- Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir (p. 72)
- Lavochkin La-11 (p. 73)
- Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star (p. 74)
- Lockheed F-94 (p. 76)
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (p. 77)
- General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon (p. 78)
- Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor (p. 80)
- McDonnell F2H Banshee (p. 82)
- McDonnell F3H Demon (p. 82)
- McDonnell F-101 Voodoo (p. 83)
- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (p. 84)
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (p. 86)
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (p. 88)
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (p. 90)
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (p. 91)
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23/-27 (p. 92)
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (p. 93)
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 (p. 94)
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31 (p. 95)
- Mitsubishi F-2 (p. 95)
- North American F-86 Sabre (p. 96)
- North American F-82 Twin Mustang (p. 98)
- North American F-100 Super Sabre (p. 99)
- Northrop F-5 series (p. 100)
- Northrop F-89 Scorpion (p. 101)
- Panavia Tornado ADV (p. 102)
- Republic F-84 Thunderjet/Thunderstreak (p. 104)
- Republic F-105 Thunderchief (p. 105)
- Saab-21 (p. 106)
- Saab J29 Tunnan (p. 106)
- Saab J35 Draken (p. 107)
- Saab Gripen (p. 108)
- Saab Viggen (p. 110)
- Sud-Ouest Vautour (p. 112)
- Sukhoi Su-9/11 (p. 114)
- Sukhoi Su-15 (p. 115)
- Sukhoi Su-27 family (p. 116)
- Sukhoi Su-35/37 (p. 118)
- Supermarine Attacker (p. 119)
- Supermarine Scimitar (p. 119)
- Supermarine Swift (p. 120)
- Tupolev Tu-28 (p. 120)
- Vought F7U Cutlass (p. 121)
- Vought F-8 Crusader (p. 122)
- Yakovlev Yak-17 (p. 124)
- Yakovlev Yak-23 (p. 124)
- Yakovlev Yak-25 (p. 125)
- Yakovlev Yak-28 (p. 125)
- Acknowledgements (p. 126)
- Index (p. 127)