High-Altitude Spy Planes
Author | : Bill Sweetman |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Airplanes, Military |
ISBN | : 1429613149 |
Discusses the U-2 spy plane, its uses, engines, sensors, and future in the U.S. Air Force.
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Author | : Bill Sweetman |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Airplanes, Military |
ISBN | : 1429613149 |
Discusses the U-2 spy plane, its uses, engines, sensors, and future in the U.S. Air Force.
Author | : Therese M. Shea |
Publisher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 143398475X |
Today, the US military has spy planes that can fly faster than the speed of sound, take panoramic photographs in the blink of an eye, and fly so high that no bomb can reach them. It’s no wonder they want to keep their technology a secret. Readers take a thrilling peek into the world of secret missions and futuristic tools. They learn about the history of spy planes and the daring pilots that fly them. Accessible content will draw in military enthusiasts and James Bond fans alike. In-depth sidebars augment the text further, and colorful photographs of the latest plane models will engage readers throughout.
Author | : Norman Polmar |
Publisher | : Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2016-12-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0760351554 |
A comprehensive history with descriptions of the world's most significant aircraft employed as "eyes in the sky."For as long as there has been sustained heavier-than-air human flight, airplanes have been used to gather information about our adversaries. Less than a decade after the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, Italian pilots were keeping tabs on Turkish foes in Libya. Today, aircraft with specialized designs and sensory equipment still cruise the skies, spying out secrets in the never-ending quest for an upper hand.Spyplanes tackles the sprawling legacy of manned aerial reconnaissance, from hot air balloons to cloth-and-wood biplanes puttering over the Western Front, and on through every major world conflict, culminating with spyplanes cruising at supersonic speeds 85,000 feet above the Earth's surface. Authors Norman Polmar and John Bessette offer a concise yet comprehensive overview history of aerial recon, exploring considerations such as spyplanes in military doctrine, events like the Cuban Missile Crisis and the downing of Francis Gary Powers' U-2, the 1992 Open Skies Treaty, and the USAF's Big Safari program.Polmar and Bessette, along with a roster of respected aviation journalists, also profile 70 renowned fixed-wing spyplanes from World I right up to the still-conceptual hypersonic SR-72. The authors examine the design, development, and service history of each aircraft, and offer images and specification boxes that detail vital stats for each. Included are purpose-built spyplanes, as well as legendary fighters and bombers that have been retrofitted for the purpose. In addition, the authors feature preliminary chapters discussing the history of aerial surveillance and a host of sidebars that explore considerations such as spyplanes in military doctrine, events like the Cuban missile crisis and the downing of Francis Gary Powers' U-2, the 1992 Open Skies Treaty, and the USAF's current Big Safari program.From prop-driven to jet-powered aircraft, this is the ultimate history and reference to those "eyes in the skies" that have added mind-bending technologies, not to mention an element of intrigue, to military aviation for more than a century.
Author | : Lisa Jo Rudy |
Publisher | : Children's Press(CT) |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780531175354 |
Discusses Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), describing different kinds and presenting statistics, dates, and true stories of UAVs in action.
Author | : Carrie A. Braulick |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2006-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780736864534 |
"Describes spy planes, their design, equipment, weapons, crew, missions, and role in the U.S. Air Force"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Jay Schleifer |
Publisher | : Children's Press |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1995-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780516353029 |
Discusses the history of surveillance from the sky, describing different types of reconnaissance aircraft and their role in the future.
Author | : David Baker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780865923539 |
Discusses the history of surveillance from the sky and describes the development of different types of reconnaissance aircraft and their uses since World War II.
Author | : Ernest Kellogg Gann |
Publisher | : Random House (NY) |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Describes the planes, the missions, and the men who fly reconnaissance.
Author | : Carrie A. Braulick |
Publisher | : Blazers |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2011-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781429664820 |
Provides an overview of spy planes including their design, weapons, equipment, crew, missions, and role in the U.S. Air Force.
Author | : James Hamilton-Paterson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2017-09-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1681775743 |
The fascinating story of the spy plane SR-71 Blackbird—the fastest manned aircraft in the history of aviation. The SR-71 Blackbird, the famed “spy” jet, was deliberately designed to be the world's fastest and highest-flying aircraft—and its success has never been approached since. It was conceived in the late 1950s by Lockheed Martin's highly secret 'Skunk Works' team under one of the most (possibly the most) brilliant aero designers of all time, Clarence “Kelly” Johnson. Once fully developed in 1964, the Blackbird represented the apogee of jet-powered flight. It could fly at well over three times the speed of sound above 85,000 feet and had an unrefueled range of 3,200 nautical miles. It flew with great success until 1999). Despite extensive use over Vietnam and later battlefields, not one was ever shot down (unlike the U2 in the Gary Powers incident). The Blackbird's capabilities seem unlikely ever to be exceeded. It was retired because its function can be performed by satellites—and in today's steady trend toward unmanned military aircraft, it is improbable that another jet aircraft of this speed and caliber will ever again be conceived.