Martin B-57 Canberra: The Complete Record
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Название: Martin B-57 Canberra: The Complete Record
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Автор: Robert C. Mikesh
Год выпуска: 1995
Формат: PDF
Размер: 64.99 МБ
ISBN: 0887406610
Язык: Английский
СКАЧАТЬ Martin B-57 Canberra: The Complete Record БЕСПЛАТНО EPUB - DOC - DJVU - RTF - PDFОписание: No story about one type of aircraft could be more complete than this coverage about the B-57 Canberra. A brief history of its British inception sets the stage for the conversion that took place to American standards for production in the United States. The Canberra was needed to fill the night intruder role in the USAF that was identified during the Korean War. The B-57, did that, and far more. The author, who flew the B-57 over a 15-year period, covers all aspects of the 28 years of operational service of the B-57. Initially, the B-57 outfitted four combat wings in the bomber version, along with many units in the reconnaissance role.
Missions changed and units faded, but the Vietnam War set the historyfor this remarkable airplane. It remained in combat for eight years,and many of these daring missions are covered in detail in this book.This becomes another informative reference book dealing with the livelyaaspect of the Vietnam War. The book is filled with many rare actionpictures of this airplane in color and black and white. The expandedappendices contain many historical points such as units and time periodof assignment, production records, individual line entries for thehistory of each aircraft, and many more details that appeal to theairplane historian. Robert C. Mikesh had accumulated 2,000 hours inflying the B-57 Canberra, beginning with the first USAF unit to receivethe bomber version. Enamored from the very beginning with thisairplane, the thought of one day writing a book about the B-57 inspiredhim to gather detailed notes over the years while the airplane wasoperational. This brings to life this airplane story that could not becompiled any other way than through this first hand experience.