Название: The Secret Years: Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945
Автор: Tim Mason
Издательство: Hikoki Publications
ISBN: 095189995
Год: 1998
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 320
Размер: 141,8 МБ
Язык: Английский
The highly classified work of the A&AEE (Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment) at Boscombe Down included the intense, ever-expanding business of testing aircraft and their varied armaments in WWII. Over 1,500 British, American, and German aircraft of the RAF, Fleet Air Arm, Army--and the Luftwaffe--were tested at Boscombe Down.
Aircraft as diverse as the Aerovan, Barracuda, Pitcairn PA39, and Nomad were put though their paces together with, amongst others the Skymaster, Vengeance, Lightning, Hudson, and Welkin plus the more well-known Wellington, Mosquito, Halifax, Ju88, Fw190, and Spitfire.