NORTHROP BT-1 (Allied Wings) Tapa blanda - 2008

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Northrop BT-1.

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Paperback / softback. New. The Northrop BT was a two seat, single engine, monoplane, dive bomber built by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Navy. At the time Northrop was a subsidiary of the Douglas Aircraft Company. The design of the initial version began in 1935. A 700 hp Pratt and Whitney XR-1535-66 Twin Wasp Jr.

Philedition, 2008-06-01. Bklt. Paperback. Used:Good.

Philedition, 2008-06. Paperback. Good.

France: Philedition, 2008. New book, 50 pages. The book opens with a general introduction, covering the development of prototype XBT1 and the production BT-1 a/c ; aircraft on strength by month from 1935 through 1944 and basic technical data. Then follow the units - the initial first-line pre-Pearl-Harbor deployments by VB-5 (USS Yorktown) & VB-6 (USS Enterprise) and subsequent stateside usage as trainers & hacks, well into WW2. The author draws attention to an inherent defect of the design - an abbreviated wingspan which often led to fatal stalls when flying at low-speed. (In retrospect perhaps not as poignant as the fates of other contemporary dive-bombers ; Skuas, Vought 156’s, LN 501’s, its immediate predecessor the Northrop 17, or eventually Ju87s which would all display more serious shortcomings when flown belligerently.) The various second-line units with their locations which flew the steadily diminishing numbers of BT-1s after withdrawal from service with VB-5 & VB-6 are… Leer más

France: Philedition, 2008. New book, 50 pages. The book opens with a general introduction, covering the development of prototype XBT1 and the production BT-1 a/c ; aircraft on strength by month from 1935 through 1944 and basic technical data. Then follow the units - the initial first-line pre-Pearl-Harbor deployments by VB-5 (USS Yorktown) & VB-6 (USS Enterprise) and subsequent stateside usage as trainers & hacks, well into WW2. The author draws attention to an inherent defect of the design - an abbreviated wingspan which often led to fatal stalls when flying at low-speed. (In retrospect perhaps not as poignant as the fates of other contemporary dive-bombers ; Skuas, Vought 156’s, LN 501’s, its immediate predecessor the Northrop 17, or eventually Ju87s which would all display more serious shortcomings when flown belligerently.) The various second-line units with their locations which flew the steadily diminishing numbers of BT-1s after withdrawal from service with VB-5 & VB-6 are… Leer más

France: Philedition, 2008. New book, 50 pages. The book opens with a general introduction, covering the development of prototype XBT1 and the production BT-1 a/c ; aircraft on strength by month from 1935 through 1944 and basic technical data. Then follow the units - the initial first-line pre-Pearl-Harbor deployments by VB-5 (USS Yorktown) & VB-6 (USS Enterprise) and subsequent stateside usage as trainers & hacks, well into WW2. The author draws attention to an inherent defect of the design - an abbreviated wingspan which often led to fatal stalls when flying at low-speed. (In retrospect perhaps not as poignant as the fates of other contemporary dive-bombers ; Skuas, Vought 156’s, LN 501’s, its immediate predecessor the Northrop 17, or eventually Ju87s which would all display more serious shortcomings when flown belligerently.) The various second-line units with their locations which flew the steadily diminishing numbers of BT-1s after withdrawal from service with VB-5 & VB-6 are… Leer más