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The Horten Brothers and their All Wing Aircraft - Pre Owned Hardcover Book
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780764304415
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, The Limited
ISBN-10
0764304410
ISBN-13
9780764304415
eBay Product ID (ePID)
952611
Product Key Features
Book Title
Horten Brothers and Their All-Wing Aircraft
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Aviation / General, General
Publication Year
1997
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Sports & Recreation
Book Series
Schiffer Military/Aviation History Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
72.1 Oz
Item Length
12 in
Item Width
9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
97-068960
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
629.1/13/0092/243 B
Synopsis
The Horten Brothers and Their All-Wing Aircraft is the heretofore untold true story of Reimar, Wolfram, and Walter Horten's remarkable aeronautical achievements with the all-wing planform between 1933 and 1945 as told to aviation biographer David Myhra. Talking daily with Reimar Horten at his ranch at the foothills of the Andes Mountains in Argentina for two months, and also with Walter in Baden Baden, Germany, the two brothers described in detail their struggles in Nazi controlled Germany to perfect the all-wing planform. Astounding as their real-life story is of itself, the Horten brothers gave David Myhra hundreds of photographs to illustrate this new volume. In this remarkable book David Myhra tells the true story of the Horten brothers and their all-wing aircraft through the use of over 735 photos and three-view line drawings of their entire all-wing line. Most of these photos and drawings have not been available to the public until now. Even more astonishing, the Hortens, ridiculed in the mid-1930s for wasting their genius on silly all-wing aircraft, would be the only ones called on by Hermann G ring in December 1944 to build an all-wing "Amerika" atomic bomber and save Deutschland from certain and final destruction by the Allies through a negotiated peace settlement. The Horten Ho 18 "Amerika Bomber" was not meant to be. But it might have been if the war had not ended in May 1945 but, say, May 1946. This, then, is the fascinating true story of those naive boy-designers from Bonn, the Horten brothers and their silly all-wing airplanes., The Horten Brothers and Their All-Wing Aircraft is the heretofore untold true story of Reimar, Wolfram, and Walter Horten's remarkable aeronautical achievements with the all-wing planform between 1933 and 1945 as told to aviation biographer David Myhra. Talking daily with Reimar Horten at his ranch at the foothills of the Andes Mountains in Argentina for two months, and also with Walter in Baden Baden, Germany, the two brothers described in detail their struggles in Nazi controlled Germany to perfect the all-wing planform. Astounding as their real-life story is of itself, the Horten brothers gave David Myhra hundreds of photographs to illustrate this new volume. In this remarkable book David Myhra tells the true story of the Horten brothers and their all-wing aircraft through the use of over 735 photos and three-view line drawings of their entire all-wing line. Most of these photos and drawings have not been available to the public until now. Even more astonishing, the Hortens, ridiculed in the mid-1930s for wasting their genius on silly all-wing aircraft, would be the only ones called on by Hermann Göring in December 1944 to build an all-wing "Amerika" atomic bomber and save Deutschland from certain and final destruction by the Allies through a negotiated peace settlement. The Horten Ho 18 "Amerika Bomber" was not meant to be. But it might have been if the war had not ended in May 1945 but, say, May 1946. This, then, is the fascinating true story of those naive boy-designers from Bonn, the Horten brothers and their silly all-wing airplanes.
LC Classification Number
TL540.H677M95 1998
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- n***d (119)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem arrived very rapidly from the transaction date. Decals were packaged in an appropriate USPS mailer to ensure that they were no inadvertently damaged. The item was in great shape, as described, no yellowing and have been carefully stored by the seller by the condition of the item. The decals were well worth the selling price and shipping was reasonable. Very plesed, seller highly recommended.Super Scale 1/72nd Scale C-130 Hercules Decal Sheet No. 72-509 (#304942455367)
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