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Luftwaffe Advanced Aircraft Projects to 1945: Volume 1: Fighters & Ground-Attack Aircraft, Arado to Junkers (Luftwaffe Advanced Projects)

Luftwaffe Advanced Aircraft Projects to 1945: Volume 1: Fighters & Ground-Attack Aircraft, Arado to Junkers (Luftwaffe Advanced Projects)
By Ingolf Meyer

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A highly illustrated history of German experimental secret project fighters and ground-attack aircraft in alphabetical order starting with those manufactured by Arado and ending with Junkers. This first volume in a new series reveals a remarkable range of secret projects and experimental aircraft that did not appear in the very popular Luftwaffe Secret Projects series. Aircraft, projects and designs are detailed, with approximately 175 color illustrations. Historians, aviation enthusiasts, and modelers will find this book a valuable resource.  

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #308009 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-01-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 192 pages

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About the Author

Ingolf Meyer was born in 1944 in Wittenberg and studied medicine at East Berlin’s Humboldt University.  He later moved to West Berlin and worked as a graphic designer.  As an artist, aviation is one of his great passions, especially the portrayal of innovative fighter designs.

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Fascinating View of How Far Advanced They Were5
The German aircraft designers were ahead of the rest of the world during World War II. Advances in power plants including turbojets (ME-262), ramjets, rockets (ME-163) and pulse jets (V-1), allowed the airframe manufacturers to expand their thinking from the traditional single seat, single engine fighters that were really used throught the war.

In this book the author has collected the proposals from German aircraft manufacturers and shows just how far that thinking had expanded. Here are the forefathers of the MIG-15, the British Scorpion, deltas like the F-102 and many more. This book, the first volume in the series contans fighter aircraft from the companies Arado through Junkers. The next volume will finish the manufacturers from Lippisch to Zeppelin. After that I shouldn't be surprized to see a book on bombers.

The aircraft are shown with a summary of information agout them, a three view line draw line drawing, and a painting of what it would have looked like in action. I don't know just how many planes are described, perhaps a hundred and fifty.

It's fascinating to see what they might have done given a few more years,

Luftwaffe! - How could have it turned out5
This book gives a fantastic insite into what could have been if the German high command would've had the courage they have now back then. I guess it seemed very alien to them as do some ideas now,when war is the focus & winning the aim many peoples minds are distorted by anger & being desperate to win.
Thankfully not many of these marvels of engineering made it to the war zone. At least we know where the Americans got all there ideas from apart from the british,you can see so many aircraft nowadays with the same technology used on them. The book is well put together & very informative with fantastic pictures,technical drawings & information.