Killer Rays: Story of the Douglas F4d Skyray & F5d Skylancer

by Mark Frankel

Book Overview

Killer Rays is the definitive work on the history of the U.S. Navy's only operational delta-wing aircraft, the revolutionary Douglas F4D Skyray and its more advanced variant, the F5D Skylancer. Author Mark Frankel unlocks secrets of delta-wing design and covers the intense rivalry between the Navy's F4D Skyray and Air Force's F-102 Delta Dagger in the 1950s. This book chronicles the development of the Skyray from concept to first prototype,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580071554
• ISBN13: 9781580071550
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Specialty Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 11.3"