Fighter planes
(2012)
By:
Brook, Henry
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/623.746/BROOK,H
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Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
London : Usborne ; Tulsa, Okla. : Published in the USA by EDC Pub., 2012
DESCRIPTION
80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781409531562 (pbk.), 1409531562 (pbk.), 9781601302762 (EDC Pub.), 1601302762 (EDC Pub.), 9780794531249, 0794531245, 9780794531249
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Includes index
What is a fighter plane? -- Deadly weapons -- Dogfights -- In the cockpit -- The birth of the fighter -- Air aces -- A need for speed -- The Battle of Britain -- Warbirds -- Fighters at sea -- The first jet fighter -- Going supersonic -- Stealth fighters -- The HUD -- Air-to-air missiles -- Evasive action -- Secrets of flight -- On the ground -- Aircraft carriers -- No runways --- Multirole fighters -- High flyers -- Bailing out -- Filling up -- Future fighters -- Fighters on the internet
Traces the history of fighter planes from the dogfights of World War I to the missions flown by modern stealth fighters