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Modern fighter aircraft / Francis Crosby.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Southwater, 2004.Description: 128 pages : color illustrations ; 30cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1842159917(pbk)
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Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 629.133 CRO 1 Available T00407669
Total holds: 0

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)

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