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Bill Gunston (1927–2013)

Autor/a de Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II

246+ obres 4,522 Membres 41 Ressenyes 3 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Bill Gunston was born in London. He was educated at the University of Durham -- under the auspices of the Royal Air Force -- and at London University. During his RAF service 1945-48, he piloted 93 types of aircraft. In 1951, he joined the staff of Flight International and became the magazine's mostra'n més technical editor in 1955. In 1970, Gunston "retired" and began writing. Since then, he has written 362 books, countless reports, and several thousand magazine articles. He also contributes to video, movie, and television scripts, and has acted as an expert witness in a celebrated U.S. aviation manufacturing dispute. He is currently editor of Jane's Aero-Engines, a renowned guide dedicated to every gas-turbine engine used for manned aircraft. Gunston is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and, in 1995, was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to aviation writing. mostra'n menys

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Obres de Bill Gunston

The History of Fighter Planes (1984) 122 exemplars
The World of Flight (1803) 121 exemplars
The Encyclopedia Of World Air Power (1980) — Editor — 119 exemplars
Hitler's Luftwaffe (1977) — Autor — 113 exemplars
Chronicle of Aviation (1992) — Editor — 80 exemplars
Modern Fighting Helicopters (1986) 63 exemplars
Aircraft of World War 2 (1980) 58 exemplars
American Warplanes (1602) 50 exemplars
Anatomy of Aircraft (1656) 39 exemplars
Aviation Year By Year (1992) 36 exemplars
Allied Fighters of World War II (1992) 31 exemplars
F-111 (1600) 30 exemplars
F-4 Phantom (1605) 30 exemplars
The Conquest of the Air (1972) 29 exemplars
F-111 (1828) — Autor — 28 exemplars
Fighting Machines (2005) 25 exemplars
Harrier (1984) — Autor — 24 exemplars
History of Military Aviation (2000) 22 exemplars
Flights of Fantasy (1990) 21 exemplars
Modern Combat Aircraft (1983) 21 exemplars
Bombers (Classic Aircraft) (1978) 20 exemplars
Fighters 1914-1945 (1978) 20 exemplars
Aviation (1978) 20 exemplars
Worlds Military Aircraft (1983) 20 exemplars
Bombers of the West (1973) 19 exemplars
Panavia Tornado (1980) 18 exemplars
Modern European Aircraft (1985) 18 exemplars
Fighters of the Fifties (1981) 18 exemplars
World War II German Aircraft (1985) 17 exemplars
Stingers (1990) 16 exemplars
Aviation : the first 100 years (2002) 16 exemplars
Encyclopedia of Aviation (1977) 16 exemplars
Fighter Aircraft (1981) 15 exemplars
F/A-18 Hornet (1985) 15 exemplars
Helicopters At War (1977) 14 exemplars
Fighter Aircraft in Color (1980) 14 exemplars
Fighters (Classic aircraft) (1978) 14 exemplars
Modern Soviet Aircraft (1985) 14 exemplars
Attack Aircraft of the West (1974) 13 exemplars
The World's Greatest Airplanes (1981) 13 exemplars
Submarines in colour (1976) 13 exemplars
Family Library of Aircraft (1980) 12 exemplars
Coal (Energy) (1981) 11 exemplars
Modern Fighting Aircraft (1984) 11 exemplars
Rolls Royce Aero Engines (1989) 10 exemplars
American Military Aircraft (1988) 10 exemplars
Aviaton The Story Of Flight (1978) 9 exemplars
Planes (Wild About) (2003) 9 exemplars
Modern attack aircraft (1989) 9 exemplars
Air superiority (1985) 9 exemplars
Aero-Mania (Vehicle-Mania) (2003) 9 exemplars
Boat-mania! (2003) 9 exemplars
Fighting Aircraft of WW2 (1988) 8 exemplars
Jane's Aerospace Dictionary (1980) 8 exemplars
Moderne helikopters (1990) 7 exemplars
Phantom (1984) 6 exemplars
Century of Flight (1988) 6 exemplars
Bombers of World War II (1980) 5 exemplars
Moderne jachtvliegtuigen (1989) 5 exemplars
Look It Up: Ships and Boats (1985) 4 exemplars
Aircraft of the Vietnam War (1987) 4 exemplars
Moderne aanvalsvliegtuigen (1990) 4 exemplars
Airbus: The European Triumph (1988) 4 exemplars
The plane makers (1980) 4 exemplars
Airbus: The Complete Story (2009) 3 exemplars
Spotting Planes (1978) 3 exemplars
Battle Machines (2009) 3 exemplars
Modern repülőgép-hordozók (1993) 3 exemplars
Kampf Flugzeuge (1998) 3 exemplars
Fighters 1914-1939 3 exemplars
Les Avions de chasse (1979) 2 exemplars
Military Aircraft 2 exemplars
Les Bombardiers (1979) 2 exemplars
Hawker: The Story of the 125 (1996) 2 exemplars
Railways (Topics) (1987) 2 exemplars
Modern vadászrepülők (1992) 2 exemplars
Warships (Rourke Guides) (1984) 2 exemplars
Combat Aircraft 1 exemplars
CAÇAS DA OTAN 1 exemplars
Railroads (1988) 1 exemplars
Hubschrauber 1900-1960. (1977) 1 exemplars
Modern légi erődök (1994) 1 exemplars
Moderne angrebsfly (1991) 1 exemplars
Warplanes (Granada guides) (1981) 1 exemplars
U-Boote und ihre Geschichte (1977) 1 exemplars
Warplanes 1 exemplars
Transport technology (1972) 1 exemplars
Guinness bog om tempo & fart (1985) 1 exemplars
Record Breakers, Air (1977) 1 exemplars

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Alphabetical survey of man's attempts since 1852 to design, develop and mass-produce aeroplanes and rotorcraft has more than 3000 entries
 
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MasseyLibrary | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Feb 20, 2024 |
Uses contemporary accounts to trace the history of aviation and describe records, events, and technical developments
 
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DavidFranks | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Jan 25, 2024 |
End of 1980s and mid 1990s were times where high technology applications to the aerospace industry in particular where awed at and people wrote about it (information was much more available I have a feeling than it is case today, or there was no information overload like today that IMHO has somewhat blocking nature). From introduction of fully digital cockpit demonstrators (today called full glass cockpits), concepts of FBW flight concts, to concepts of machines that can fly almost in space, VTOLs and tiltrotors and various multipurpose light fighters used for attack and air supremacy roles, like Tigershark and Mitsubishi CCV. Who can forget EPA and later competing French designs that at the end gave birth to Typhoon, revolutionary Grumman X29 or various Sikorsky prototypes of hi speed choppers. This was also time when Russian combat aircraft started becoming more known in the West, from air superiority fighters to heavy bombers and helicopters.

Excellent overview of technologies that are still in operational use and get ever improved.

Very informative little book. Highly recommended to all fans of aerospace technology.
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Obres
246
També de
1
Membres
4,522
Popularitat
#5,548
Valoració
½ 3.7
Ressenyes
41
ISBN
466
Llengües
12
Preferit
3

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