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Dragonfly: The Luftwaffe’s Experimental Triebflügeljäger Project
David Myhra
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Description for Dragonfly: The Luftwaffe’s Experimental Triebflügeljäger Project
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, over 240 b/w and color photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: HB; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 592.
This is the story of the world’s first attempt at perfecting a true, tail-sitting vertical take off and landing (VTOL) interceptor flying machine – Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau’s proposed “Triebflügeljäger” or thrust wing fighter project of 1944. The Triebflügeljäger was not intended to be an air-superiority dogfighter, but a bomber killer rising straight up from its hiding place in the forest or urban area to meet and attack Allied bombers head on. With its mission completed it would return to its hiding place on the forest floor and wait to arise again. The Triebflügeljäger would have been a point-defense interceptor intended for ... Read more
This is the story of the world’s first attempt at perfecting a true, tail-sitting vertical take off and landing (VTOL) interceptor flying machine – Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau’s proposed “Triebflügeljäger” or thrust wing fighter project of 1944. The Triebflügeljäger was not intended to be an air-superiority dogfighter, but a bomber killer rising straight up from its hiding place in the forest or urban area to meet and attack Allied bombers head on. With its mission completed it would return to its hiding place on the forest floor and wait to arise again. The Triebflügeljäger would have been a point-defense interceptor intended for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764318771
SKU
V9780764318771
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