Название: Convertiplanes in Action: The VTOL Success Story
Автор: Erik Bergaust
Издательство: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Год: 1969
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 80
Размер: 29,2 МБ
Язык: Английский
Until the day when the great air terminals no longer need long runways, the airplane is—in words attributed to Thomas Edison—"only half invented." Ever since the Wright brothers were airborne at Kitty Hawk, aviation pioneers and engineers have recognized the need for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft and short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft. Helicopters are part, but only part, of the solution, as technicians continue to design and test larger and more complex convertiplanes.