03146nam 2200589 450 991078819300332120230310170902.01-4766-1789-9(CKB)2670000000594669(EBL)1953257(SSID)ssj0001420827(PQKBManifestationID)12580322(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001420827(PQKBWorkID)11408185(PQKB)11752107(MiAaPQ)EBC1953257(EXLCZ)99267000000059466920150225h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican military training aircraft fixed and rotary-wing trainers since 1916 /E.R. Johnson ; drawings by Lloyd S. Jones ; foreword by Walter J. BoyneJefferson, North Carolina :McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,2015.©20151 online resource (481 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7864-7094-1 1-322-96466-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword by Walter J. Boyne; Preface; Training the American Air Armada; Series I-Fixed Wing Trainers, 1917 to 1947; A. USAAS, USAAC and USAAF; B. USN, USMC and USCG; Series II-Fixed Wing Trainers, 1947 to 1962; A. USAF and U.S. Army; B. USN and USMC; Series III-Fixed Wing Trainers, 1962 to Present; Series IV-Rotary Wing Trainers, 1942 to Present; Appendix 1: Training Gliders; A. USAAF, USN and USMC, 1934 to 1945; B. USAF, 1957 to Present; Appendix 2: Fixed and Rotary-Wing Trainer Aircraft Designation Systems; Glossary; Bibliography; IndexThe U.S. did not become the world's foremost military air power by accident. The learning curve--World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and more recently the war on terror--has been steep. While climbing this curve, the U.S. has not only produced superior military aircraft in greater numbers than its foes, but has--in due course--out-trained them, too. This book provides a comprehensive historical survey of U.S. military training aircraft, including technical specifications, drawings and photographs of each type of fixed and rotary-wing design used over a 98-Training planesHistoryTraining planesDesign and constructionAirplanes, MilitaryUnited StatesHistoryAirplanes, MilitaryUnited StatesDesign and constructionTraining planesHistory.Training planesDesign and construction.Airplanes, MilitaryHistory.Airplanes, MilitaryDesign and construction.623.74/620973Johnson E. R.1948-1473913Jones Lloyd S.1931-2020,Boyne Walter J.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788193003321American military training aircraft3687273UNINA