HUN PILOT: A PILOT'S ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST USAF SUPERSONIC FIGHTER (Pilot series)

by Victor Vizcarra

Hun Pilot examines the first of the "Century Series" of new fighters of the mid-'50s from a young fighter pilot's perspective. The North American Aviation F-100 Super Sabre was the first U.S. fighter capable of exceeding the speed of sound in level flight. Designed as a day superiority fighter, it quickly morphed into the Air Force's mainstay fighter-bomber. The F-100 design and its Pratt and Whitney J-57 engine were a quantum leap in aeronautics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1973597527
• ISBN13: 9781973597520
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"