Warplane Plus 01

A17 - The Complete History of the Northrop Attack Planes and Its Export Derivatives
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-8616-271-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Reihe: Lanasta Warplane Plus

The Northrop Corporation offered the single engined Gamma 2F attack plane to the US Army Air Corps in October 1934. After modification work this type evolved into the highly innovative A-17 attack aircraft of which 110 aircraft were ordered. Northrop integrated all modern aircraft technologies of the day, such as all metal monocoque construction, two pitch propeller, flaps and dive brakes into the design, combined with forward firing machine guns fitted in the wings, a respectable bomb load, high speeds and admirable flying range. It eclipsed all other attack types then in service.

This book offers an overview of an iconic aeroplane. The authors, all specialists in their field, have compiled a comprehensive story and gathered more than 350 photographs, colour profiles and maps, thus offering a fascinating view at an aircraft type linking the ‘Golden Age of aviation’ days with the dark years of World War Two.

Zielgruppe

Academic and General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rivas, Santiago

Tincopa, Amaru

Braas, Nico

Hoogschagen, Edwin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Luftstreitkräfte
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Luftverkehr
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Militär- und Verteidigungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Jack Northrop’s early aircraft: About Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta, A-17 in US Air Corps Service, 1939 - a year of steady decline, Secretive transfer of aircraft, Panama Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, The A-33, Failed Export to France, Transfer to South Africa, Canada, Export Success, Sweden, Northrop 8A-2 in Argentina, Douglas 8A-3Pin Peruvian service, Douglas 8A-3N for the Dutch “Militaire Luchtvaart”, Iraqi airforce, Sources.

Über Autor(innen)

Authored by Santiago Rivas and Amaru Tincopa plus Nico Braas (1946-2022) who was an author of books on aviation, known for, among others, Convair B-58 Hustler (2013), Boeing B-47 stratojet (2015) and Brewster Buffalo (2013).

Edwin Hoogschagen has been studying Dutch aviation history since the late 1990s and specialises in Fokker types from the interbellum. His main activities are focused on the Fokker G-1 and Fokker C.5. Since 2001, he has been a member of the Fokker G-1 establishment and, from 2007 onwards, a committee member.