Warbirds Worldwide Directory

Warbirds Worldwide Directory
Author: John Chapman
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages: 700
Release: 1996
Genre: Airplanes, Military
ISBN: 9781870601467

International oversigt over forældede militære propel- og jetfly, som er bevaret for eftertiden.

Warbirds Worldwide

Warbirds Worldwide
Author: Warbirds Worldwide Editors
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1995-11-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781870601474

Warbirds Worldwide

Warbirds Worldwide
Author: Warbirds Worldwide, Limited
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1998-10-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781870601627

Warbirds Worldwide

Warbirds Worldwide
Author: Motorbooks International
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages: 58
Release: 1993-09-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781870601337

Warbirds Worldwide

Warbirds Worldwide
Author: Motorbooks Staff
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages:
Release: 1993-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781870601306

Hunting Warbirds

Hunting Warbirds
Author: Carl Hoffman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780345436177

“Winged treasure” they call them–the lost remains of the great American fighter planes and bombers that won World War II. Hellcats and Superfortresses, Corsairs and Dauntlesses. Produced by the thousands at the height of the war, and then cast off as scrap in the decades that followed, these warbirds are now worth literally anything–fortunes, families, even lives–to the people who search for them. Like many men, writer Carl Hoffman was bitten by the warbird bug as a child. But he never imagined that he would one day witness and participate in a heroic adventure himself–the most audacious warbird rescue attempt of all time. The crash of the Kee Bird B-29 Superfortress made banner headlines in 1947 when a team of Air Force pilots pulled off the near-miraculous feat of locating the wreck in Greenland and snatching its stranded crew from the teeth of the arctic winter. For nearly half a century, the almost perfectly intact warbird lay abandoned on a lake of ice–but not forgotten. Fifty years later, with collectors paying upward of a million dollars for salvageable World War II planes, two intense fanatics, legendary test pilot Darryl Greenaymer and starry-eyed salvage wizard Gary Larkins, hatched the insane idea of launching an expedition to Greenland to find the Kee Bird, bring it back to life, and fly it out. In this riveting adventure of man, machine, and history, the quest for winged treasure ultimately extends far beyond the search for the Kee Bird. Hoffman literally crisscrosses the country to track down the key players in the high-stakes warbird game. He meets a retired Midwestern carpenter who crammed every inch of his yard with now-precious warbirds during the lean years when they were considered junk; attends an air show where crowds go wild at the sight of four of the twelve air-worthy B-17s flying in formation; speaks to pilots and mechanics, millionaire businessmen and penniless kids–all of them ready to drop everything in pursuit of these fabled planes. “These planes are a sickness, that’s all there is to it,” one warbird fan tells Hoffman as he lovingly polishes his vintage B-17. In this superbly crafted narrative, Hoffman turns the warbird craze into the stuff of high drama and awesome adventure.Hunting Warbirdstakes us to the heart of one of the most fascinating obsessions of our time.

International Aircraft Directory

International Aircraft Directory
Author: The Editors The Editors of Plane & Pilot Magazine
Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781560275909

Discusses the performance specifications, structural details, and history of more than 500 aircraft from around the world. This guide features single- and multi-engine planes, jets, antiques, sailplanes, and military aircraft in hundreds of photographs along with data about each aircraft's horsepower, thrust, speed, and range.