About this history book
Cold War Delta Prototypes: The Fairey Deltas, Convair Century-series, and Avro 707 (X-Planes Book 15) by Tony Buttler, Adam Tooby is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
<b>The fascinating history of how the radical delta-wing became the design of choice for early British and American high-performance jets, and of the role legendary aircraft like the Fairey Delta series played in its development.</b><br><br>At the dawn of the supersonic jet age, aircraft designers were forced to devise radical new planforms that suited the new power of the jet engine. One of the most successful was the delta wing.<br> <br>Although Gloster produced the delta wing Javelin, and Bou
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Tony Buttler, Adam Tooby
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Osprey Publishing
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781472843333
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Engineering, Technology, United States
- Updated
- 2026-03-25