Ultimate Aircraft

by Jarrett, Philip; Metcalf, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9780789459619
• ISBN10: 0789459612
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-09
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

This comprehensive book traces the history of flight and profiles those who brought aviation to new heights.

Table of Contents

PART ONE THE HISTORY OF AIRCRAFT	6	(12)
PART TWO GALLERY OF AIRCRAFT	18	(124)
1890-1913
The Early Years	20	(18)
Glider Pioneers	22	(2)
First Powered Airplanes	24	(2)
The Wright Brothers	26	(2)
French Pioneers	28	(2)
Bleriot XI Monoplane	30	(2)
Early Designs	32	(2)
The Farman Line	34	(2)
Weird & Wonderful	36	(2)
1914-1918
War in the Air	38	(14)
World War I Fighters	40	(2)
Bristol F.2B Fighter	42	(2)
The Fokker Line	44	(2)
Fokker D.VII	46	(2)
The Sopwith Line	48	(2)
World War I Bombers	50	(2)
1919-1938
The Golden Era	52	(26)
Airships	54	(2)
The First Airlners	56	(2)
The Trailblazers	58	(2)
Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor	60	(2)
The Schneider Trophy	62	(2)
Flying Boats & Seaplanes	64	(2)
The Junkers Line	66	(2)
Large Interwar Airliners	68	(2)
Warplane Evolution	70	(2)
Metal Monoplanes	72	(2)
Lockheed Electra	74	(2)
The Record Breakers	76	(2)
1939-1945
Back to War	78	(20)
The New Warplanes	80	(2)
The Supermarine Line	82	(2)
Supermarine Spitfire Mk V	84	(2)
Battle of Britain Aircraft	86	(2)
Heavy Bombers	88	(2)
Messerschmitt Bf 109E	90	(2)
Boeing B-17G	92	(2)
Late-WWII Fighters	94	(2)
The First Jets	96	(2)
1946-1969
The Jet Age Dawns	98	(22)
Piston-Engined Airliners	100	(2)
Jets & Turboprops	102	(2)
Jet Fighters & Bombers	104	(2)
Lockheed SR-71A	106	(2)
The Boeing Line	108	(2)
Boeing B-52G	110	(2)
Boeing 747-400	112	(2)
VTOL Aircraft	114	(2)
BAe Harrier GR.5	116	(2)
Concorde	118	(2)
1970-2000
The New Technology	120	(22)
Helicopters	122	(2)
Bell AH-Is Cobra	124	(2)
Wide-Bodied Airliners	126	(2)
The Airbus Line	128	(2)
General Aviation	130	(2)
Fighters & Bombers	132	(2)
MiG-21F-13	134	(2)
Military Support Aircraft	136	(2)
Lockheed F-117A	138	(2)
The Future of Flight	140	(2)
PART THREE AVIATION INNOVATORS	142	(24)
Glossary	166	(4)
Index	170	(6)
Acknowledgments	176