Paul F. Crickmore

Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Tooby, Adam; Morshead, Henry

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A definitive technical guide to the Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk, the world's first operational, stealth interdictor.

Developed by the legendary Lockheed 'Skunk Works,' the F-117 Nighthawk was a phenomenal technical achievement. Featuring cutaways, detail plates and battlescene artwork, this book tells the incredible story of the design of the machine, from the revolutionary materials used to the highly advanced computer technology that was employed to make the Stealth Fighter invisible to enemy radar.

Written by the world's leading authority on the aircraft from Lockheed's 'Skunk Works', Paul Crickmore, this book reveals the impact the Stealth had in combat over Panama, Yugoslavia and most notably the Persian Gulf.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472801180
• Artikelnr.: 41473833

Autorenporträt

Paul F. Crickmore is the author of the much-acclaimed Lockheed Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions. He was commissioned to write his first book for Osprey 35 years ago and that since then he has written 20 books, including 12 for Osprey. He is also an honorary member of several A-12 and SR-71 veterans' associations.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Design and development
Technical specifications and variants
Operational history
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index