10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWEPTWING AIRCRAFT»
Discover the use of
sweptwing aircraft in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sweptwing aircraft and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Old Lessons New Thoughts...
Coupled with jet engines, this aircraft more than compensated for the low-speed
maneuverability liability of rear sweptwing aircraft.11 By sweeping the wings
forward, Junkers changed the lift characteristics of the wing. No longer was lift ...
2
Technology and the Air Force: A Retrospective Assessment
For the record, Jones personally took the position that the XS-1 should be a
sweptwing aircraft, not a straight-wing design. For a survey of this story, see
Richard P. Hallion, "Lippisch, Gluhareff, and Jones: The Emergence of the Delta
Planform ...
Jacob Neufeld, Jr George M Watson, AIR FORCE HISTORICAL STUDIES OFFICE BOLLING AFB DC, David Chenoweth
3
Flying at the Edge: 20 Years of Front-Line and Display ...
... with sweptwing aircraft, getting both closeand high in formationcanput
theinside winginto this vortex. Whentheformation is turninghard, theangle of
attack is highand thevortex isstrong, quite strong enough to overpower
theailerons and roll an ...
4
Technology and the Air Force: A Retrospective Assessment
Two advanced sweptwing aircraft were undergoing design development, the
North American XP-86 and the Boeing XB^7. A third program, for an ambitious
rocket-boosted ramjet-powered delta interceptor, the XP-92, was ges- tating at ...
5
Historical Dictionary of the United States Navy
It was the first sweptwing aircraft used by the Navy's aerial precision flying team,
the Blue Angels, between 1955 and 1958. GRUMMAN F11F TIGER, airplane. A
single-seat, sweptwing day fighter, the Tiger (1 7,450 static thrust turbojet engine,
...
James M. Morris, Patricia M. Kearns, 2011
In the first halfofthe 1950s, the LII at Zhukovskii hadbeen conducting
researchintothe stability and controlof sweptwing aircraft at supersonic speeds.
The flighttests involvedthe useof the MiG17 Fresco fighter (capable ofMach 1.17)
in 1952, ...
7
TSR2: Britain's Lost Bomber
(The Dutch roll phenomenon, anunpleasant rolling/snaking motion that
canbeexhibited by sweptwing aircraft with low anhedral). The situation wasmuch
improved but, frustratingly,some problems with flaps down continued. Tests
showed that ...
8
NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat: Canada’s Secret ...
Thiscoupling was inherent inthedesign ofhighperformance sweptwing aircraft
suchas theVoodoo. A high roll rateofup to'360 degrees per second', according to
Voodoo pilotCaptain H. R. (Rick) Hovey, can produce 'highly undesirable yawing
...
Itwasin this aircraft thathewasinvolvedin thefirst deck landings of a sweptwing
aircraft in1950,thereafter testing allthe variants whichwould leadtothe Swift.
Together withNeville Dukein aHunter, Mike broughtup therearof the
1953Coronation ...
10
RAF Little Rissington: The Central Flying School 1946 - 76
At that time Flying Training Command used the Vampire T.11,MeteorT.7, Jet
Provost T.3, ProvostT.1, Chipmunk T.10and Varsity T.1 astraining aircraft.
Sweptwing aircraft differed from all of these aircraft in such aspects as stalling
and transonic ...
R. Deacon, A. Pollock, M. Thomas, 2006
