Winged Wonders
The Story of the Flying Wings
Wooldridge, E. T.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Acknawledgments
PART I A HISTORY OF TAILLESS AIRCRAFT
Chapter l. The First Fifty Years of 'Tailless Aircraft: 1870-1920
Chapter 2. Europe between the Wars
Chapter 3. America Discovers the Flying Wing
Chapter 4. The War Years
PART II THE NORTHROP YEARS
Chapter 5. N-1M: Northrop's First Flying Wing
Chapter 6. Wings of War
Chapter 7. The N-9M: Prelude to the Flying Wing Bombers
Chapter 8. The Flying Wing Bombers: Triumph and Despair
Chapter 9. The Fifties and Beyond - A Postscript
APPENDIXES
A. Restoring the Northrop N-1M
B. Airplane Specifications ofthe XB-35, YB-35, YB-35A
C. Flying Wing Bomber Record
D. Table of Early Tailless Aircraft
Glossary of Aeronautical Terms
A Select Bibliography of Tailless Aircraft
Index
Softcover, large format
230 Seiten / pages
many photos and illustrations
good condition, signed
Washington D.C. - 1985 - National Air and Space Museum - Smisonian Institution Press
Art.Nr. 23435
